diff --git a/libobs/obs-windows.c b/libobs/obs-windows.c
index 75a927868..e6bbcb0bb 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-windows.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-windows.c
@@ -788,6 +788,13 @@ void reset_win32_symbol_paths(void)
 	da_free(paths);
 }
 
+extern void initialize_crash_handler(void);
+
+void obs_init_win32_crash_handler(void)
+{
+	initialize_crash_handler();
+}
+
 void initialize_com(void)
 {
 	CoInitializeEx(0, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
diff --git a/libobs/obs.c b/libobs/obs.c
index f37d85462..d9704cc64 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.c
+++ b/libobs/obs.c
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ static bool obs_init(const char *locale, const char *module_config_path,
 }
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-extern void initialize_crash_handler(void);
 extern void initialize_com(void);
 extern void uninitialize_com(void);
 #endif
@@ -795,7 +794,6 @@ bool obs_startup(const char *locale, const char *module_config_path,
 	}
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	initialize_crash_handler();
 	initialize_com();
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libobs/obs.h b/libobs/obs.h
index 6778246d6..bedff521e 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.h
+++ b/libobs/obs.h
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ EXPORT void obs_set_locale(const char *locale);
 /** @return the current locale */
 EXPORT const char *obs_get_locale(void);
 
+/** Initialize the Windows-specific crash handler */
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+EXPORT void obs_init_win32_crash_handler(void);
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Returns the profiler name store (see util/profiler.h) used by OBS, which is
  * either a name store passed to obs_startup, an internal name store, or NULL