diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index a1bb670837..bbb71cbea3 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ Menu::Menu() {
     // Developer > Crash >>>
     bool result = false;
     const QString HIFI_SHOW_DEVELOPER_CRASH_MENU("HIFI_SHOW_DEVELOPER_CRASH_MENU");
-    result = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment().contains(HIFI_SHOW_DEVELOPER_CRASH_MENU);
+    result = true;//QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment().contains(HIFI_SHOW_DEVELOPER_CRASH_MENU);
     if (result) {
         MenuWrapper* crashMenu = developerMenu->addMenu("Crash");
 
@@ -745,6 +745,11 @@ Menu::Menu() {
         action = addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(crashMenu, MenuOption::CrashNewFaultThreaded);
         connect(action, &QAction::triggered, qApp, []() { std::thread(crash::newFault).join(); });
 
+        action = addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(crashMenu, MenuOption::CrashThrownException);
+        connect(action, &QAction::triggered, qApp, []() { crash::throwException(); });
+        action = addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(crashMenu, MenuOption::CrashThrownExceptionThreaded);
+        connect(action, &QAction::triggered, qApp, []() { std::thread(crash::throwException).join(); });
+
         addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(crashMenu, MenuOption::CrashOnShutdown, 0, qApp, SLOT(crashOnShutdown()));
     }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.h b/interface/src/Menu.h
index a3da179ad3..d33b3b0f5e 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.h
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ namespace MenuOption {
     const QString CrashOutOfBoundsVectorAccessThreaded = "Out of Bounds Vector Access (threaded)";
     const QString CrashNewFault = "New Fault";
     const QString CrashNewFaultThreaded = "New Fault (threaded)";
+    const QString CrashThrownException = "Thrown C++ exception";
+    const QString CrashThrownExceptionThreaded = "Thrown C++ exception (threaded)";
     const QString CreateEntitiesGrabbable = "Create Entities As Grabbable (except Zones, Particles, and Lights)";
     const QString DeadlockInterface = "Deadlock Interface";
     const QString UnresponsiveInterface = "Unresponsive Interface";
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp
index 1676318f3e..8a1a6df1d2 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #else
 #include <assert.h>
 #endif
-
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace crash {
 
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ void newFault() {
         const size_t GIGABYTE = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
         new char[GIGABYTE];
     }
+}
+
+void throwException() {
+    qCDebug(shared) << "About to throw an exception";
+    throw std::runtime_error("unexpected exception");
+}
 
 }
-    
-}
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h
index 247aea5cde..ccda319819 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/CrashHelpers.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ void nullDeref();
 void doAbort();
 void outOfBoundsVectorCrash();
 void newFault();
+void throwException();
 
 }