diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c7678074..c838e08d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Fixes:
   the older separate libraries if not found (Umut Tezduyar Lindskog,
   Simon McVittie)
 
+• On Linux, use prctl() to disable core dumps from a test executable
+  that deliberately raises SIGSEGV to test dbus-daemon's handling
+  of that condition (fd.o #83772, Simon McVittie)
+
 • Fix compilation with --enable-stats (fd.o #81043, Gentoo #507232;
   Alban Crequy)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 09eb0406..646c006d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -598,6 +598,10 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_header_syslog_h" = "xyes"; then
   AC_CHECK_DECLS([LOG_PERROR], [], [], [[#include <syslog.h>]])
 fi
 
+# For test-segfault.c
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([sys/prctl.h])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([prctl raise])
+
 #### Check for broken poll; taken from Glib's configure
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for broken poll])
diff --git a/test/test-segfault.c b/test/test-segfault.c
index 329a21fd..c062ce1c 100644
--- a/test/test-segfault.c
+++ b/test/test-segfault.c
@@ -9,18 +9,34 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#endif
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   char *p;  
 
 #if HAVE_SETRLIMIT
+  /* No core dumps please, we know we crashed. */
   struct rlimit r = { 0, };
   
   getrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &r);
   r.rlim_cur = 0;
   setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &r);
-  
+#endif
+
+#if defined(HAVE_PRCTL) && defined(PR_SET_DUMPABLE)
+  /* Really, no core dumps please. On Linux, if core_pattern is
+   * set to a pipe (for abrt/apport/corekeeper/etc.), RLIMIT_CORE of 0
+   * is ignored (deliberately, so people can debug init(8) and other
+   * early stuff); but Linux has PR_SET_DUMPABLE, so we can avoid core
+   * dumps anyway. */
+  prctl (PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_RAISE
   raise (SIGSEGV);
 #endif
   p = NULL;