diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bebda7145..9717f16a8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ check_function_exists(backtrace_symbols HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS)
 check_function_exists(pipe2 HAVE_PIPE2)
 check_library_exists(dl dladdr "dlfcn.h" HAVE_DLADDR)
 check_library_exists(crypto BIO_f_zlib "" HAVE_BIOZLIB)
+check_library_exists(execinfo backtrace_symbols "" HAVE_LIBEXECINFO)
+
+if(HAVE_LIBEXECINFO)
+  set(HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS TRUE)
+endif()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 configure_file(config.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h ESCAPE_QUOTES)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index d1c53258c..a991ce12b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ parentheses):
                                   on Debian)
 * GNU bison (bison)
 * GNU flex (flex) >= 2.5.35
+* recommended: libexecinfo on FreeBSD
 * optional: Doxygen (doxygen)
 * optional: MySQL (mysql-devel on RHEL, libmysqlclient-dev on Debian)
 * optional: Python (python-devel on RHEL, python-dev on Debian)
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 68dec8472..6ecb997e2 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_PIPE2
 #cmakedefine HAVE_VFORK
 #cmakedefine HAVE_DLADDR
+#cmakedefine HAVE_LIBEXECINFO
 
 #define ICINGA_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
 #define ICINGA_SYSCONFDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SYSCONFDIR}"
diff --git a/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c0ec21b9..7709d2a0a 100644
--- a/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ add_library(base SHARED
 
 target_link_libraries(base ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} cJSON mmatch)
 
+if(HAVE_LIBEXECINFO)
+  target_link_libraries(base execinfo)
+endif()
+
 include_directories(${icinga2_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party/cJSON)
 link_directories(${icinga2_BINARY_DIR}/third-party/cJSON)
 
diff --git a/lib/base/application.cpp b/lib/base/application.cpp
index 06accac69..3845e0733 100644
--- a/lib/base/application.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/application.cpp
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ void Application::ExceptionHandler(void)
 	DisplayVersionMessage();
 
 	try {
-		throw;
+		RethrowUncaughtException();
 	} catch (const std::exception& ex) {
 		std::cerr << std::endl
 			  << DiagnosticInformation(ex)
diff --git a/lib/base/exception.cpp b/lib/base/exception.cpp
index 2e785371f..7f0f60ba6 100644
--- a/lib/base/exception.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/exception.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,38 @@ static boost::thread_specific_ptr<StackTrace> l_LastExceptionStack;
 static boost::thread_specific_ptr<ContextTrace> l_LastExceptionContext;
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
+#ifndef __GLIBCXX__
+static boost::thread_specific_ptr<void *> l_LastExceptionObj;
+static boost::thread_specific_ptr<void *> l_LastExceptionPvtInfo;
+
+typedef void (*DestCallback)(void *);
+static boost::thread_specific_ptr<DestCallback> l_LastExceptionDest;
+
+extern "C" void __cxa_throw(void *obj, void *pvtinfo, void (*dest)(void *));
+extern "C" void __cxa_rethrow_primary_exception(void* thrown_object);
+#endif /* __GLIBCXX__ */
+
+void icinga::RethrowUncaughtException(void)
+{
+#ifdef __GLIBCXX__
+	throw;
+#else /* __GLIBCXX__ */
+	__cxa_throw(*l_LastExceptionObj.get(), *l_LastExceptionPvtInfo.get(), *l_LastExceptionDest.get());
+#endif /* __GLIBCXX__ */
+}
+
 extern "C"
 void __cxa_throw(void *obj, void *pvtinfo, void (*dest)(void *))
 {
 	typedef void (*cxa_throw_fn)(void *, void *, void (*) (void *)) __attribute__((noreturn));
 	static cxa_throw_fn real_cxa_throw;
 
+#ifndef __GLIBCXX__
+	l_LastExceptionObj.reset(new void *(obj));
+	l_LastExceptionPvtInfo.reset(new void *(pvtinfo));
+	l_LastExceptionDest.reset(new DestCallback(dest));
+#endif /* __GLIBCXX__ */
+
 	if (real_cxa_throw == 0)
 		real_cxa_throw = (cxa_throw_fn)dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "__cxa_throw");
 
diff --git a/lib/base/exception.h b/lib/base/exception.h
index 79783c5e7..0cb79634f 100644
--- a/lib/base/exception.h
+++ b/lib/base/exception.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ I2_BASE_API void SetLastExceptionStack(const StackTrace& trace);
 I2_BASE_API ContextTrace *GetLastExceptionContext(void);
 I2_BASE_API void SetLastExceptionContext(const ContextTrace& context);
 
+I2_BASE_API void RethrowUncaughtException(void);
+
 typedef boost::error_info<StackTrace, StackTrace> StackTraceErrorInfo;
 typedef boost::error_info<ContextTrace, ContextTrace> ContextTraceErrorInfo;