diff --git a/src/runtime/export_windows_test.go b/src/runtime/export_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61fcef9c0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/export_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Export guts for testing.
+
+package runtime
+
+var TestingWER = &testingWER
diff --git a/src/runtime/os1_windows.go b/src/runtime/os1_windows.go
index 9b760516347..7f860a37e1a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os1_windows.go
+++ b/src/runtime/os1_windows.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 //go:cgo_import_dynamic runtime._NtWaitForSingleObject NtWaitForSingleObject "ntdll.dll"
 //go:cgo_import_dynamic runtime._ResumeThread ResumeThread "kernel32.dll"
 //go:cgo_import_dynamic runtime._SetConsoleCtrlHandler SetConsoleCtrlHandler "kernel32.dll"
+//go:cgo_import_dynamic runtime._SetErrorMode SetErrorMode "kernel32.dll"
 //go:cgo_import_dynamic runtime._SetEvent SetEvent "kernel32.dll"
 //go:cgo_import_dynamic runtime._SetProcessPriorityBoost SetProcessPriorityBoost "kernel32.dll"
 //go:cgo_import_dynamic runtime._SetThreadPriority SetThreadPriority "kernel32.dll"
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ var (
 	_NtWaitForSingleObject,
 	_ResumeThread,
 	_SetConsoleCtrlHandler,
+	_SetErrorMode,
 	_SetEvent,
 	_SetProcessPriorityBoost,
 	_SetThreadPriority,
@@ -103,6 +105,13 @@ const (
 	currentThread  = ^uintptr(1) // -2 = current thread
 )
 
+const (
+	SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS     = 0x0001
+	SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX      = 0x0002
+	SEM_NOALIGNMENTFAULTEXCEPT = 0x0004
+	SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX     = 0x8000
+)
+
 var (
 	kernel32Name                    = []byte("kernel32.dll\x00")
 	addVectoredContinueHandlerName  = []byte("AddVectoredContinueHandler\x00")
@@ -114,6 +123,10 @@ func osinit() {
 
 	kernel32 := stdcall1(_LoadLibraryA, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&kernel32Name[0])))
 
+	// don't display the crash dialog
+	errormode := uint32(stdcall1(_SetErrorMode, SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX))
+	stdcall1(_SetErrorMode, uintptr(errormode)|SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS|SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX|SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX)
+
 	externalthreadhandlerp = funcPC(externalthreadhandler)
 
 	stdcall2(_AddVectoredExceptionHandler, 1, funcPC(exceptiontramp))
diff --git a/src/runtime/os1_windows_386.go b/src/runtime/os1_windows_386.go
index 0afef915665..7b4fdfe94a7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os1_windows_386.go
+++ b/src/runtime/os1_windows_386.go
@@ -73,9 +73,15 @@ func exceptionhandler(info *exceptionrecord, r *context, gp *g) int32 {
 	return _EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION
 }
 
+var testingWER bool
+
 // lastcontinuehandler is reached, because runtime cannot handle
 // current exception. lastcontinuehandler will print crash info and exit.
-func lastcontinuehandler(info *exceptionrecord, r *context, gp *g) uint32 {
+func lastcontinuehandler(info *exceptionrecord, r *context, gp *g) int32 {
+	if testingWER {
+		return _EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH
+	}
+
 	_g_ := getg()
 
 	if panicking != 0 { // traceback already printed
diff --git a/src/runtime/os1_windows_amd64.go b/src/runtime/os1_windows_amd64.go
index 0d21b388128..c211f6fd919 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os1_windows_amd64.go
+++ b/src/runtime/os1_windows_amd64.go
@@ -92,9 +92,15 @@ func firstcontinuehandler(info *exceptionrecord, r *context, gp *g) int32 {
 	return _EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION
 }
 
+var testingWER bool
+
 // lastcontinuehandler is reached, because runtime cannot handle
 // current exception. lastcontinuehandler will print crash info and exit.
 func lastcontinuehandler(info *exceptionrecord, r *context, gp *g) uint32 {
+	if testingWER {
+		return _EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH
+	}
+
 	_g_ := getg()
 
 	if panicking != 0 { // traceback already printed
diff --git a/src/runtime/syscall_windows_test.go b/src/runtime/syscall_windows_test.go
index c372d2434db..c40641a0dd9 100644
--- a/src/runtime/syscall_windows_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/syscall_windows_test.go
@@ -533,3 +533,21 @@ func main() {
 	println(z)
 }
 `
+
+func TestWERDialogue(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("TESTING_WER_DIALOGUE") == "1" {
+		defer os.Exit(0)
+
+		*runtime.TestingWER = true
+		const EXCEPTION_NONCONTINUABLE = 1
+		mod := syscall.MustLoadDLL("kernel32.dll")
+		proc := mod.MustFindProc("RaiseException")
+		proc.Call(0xbad, EXCEPTION_NONCONTINUABLE, 0, 0)
+		println("RaiseException should not return")
+		return
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], "-test.run=TestWERDialogue")
+	cmd.Env = []string{"TESTING_WER_DIALOGUE=1"}
+	// Child process should not open WER dialogue, but return immediately instead.
+	cmd.CombinedOutput()
+}