diff --git a/api/next/42888.txt b/api/next/42888.txt
index f9b8e1e4754..dcba97b9fa1 100644
--- a/api/next/42888.txt
+++ b/api/next/42888.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-pkg runtime/debug, func SetCrashOutput(*os.File) error #42888
+pkg runtime/debug, type CrashOptions struct #67182
+pkg runtime/debug, func SetCrashOutput(*os.File, ...CrashOptions) error #42888
diff --git a/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/runtime/debug/67182.md b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/runtime/debug/67182.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d83864a3dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/runtime/debug/67182.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!-- pacify TestCheckAPIFragments -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/debug/stack.go b/src/runtime/debug/stack.go
index 8dfea52d340..dc7dc5d569e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/debug/stack.go
+++ b/src/runtime/debug/stack.go
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ func Stack() []byte {
 	}
 }
 
+// CrashOptions provides options that control the formatting of the
+// fatal crash message.
+type CrashOptions struct {
+	/* for future expansion */
+}
+
 // SetCrashOutput configures a single additional file where unhandled
 // panics and other fatal errors are printed, in addition to standard error.
 // There is only one additional file: calling SetCrashOutput again overrides
@@ -40,7 +46,14 @@ func Stack() []byte {
 // To disable this additional crash output, call SetCrashOutput(nil).
 // If called concurrently with a crash, some in-progress output may be written
 // to the old file even after an overriding SetCrashOutput returns.
-func SetCrashOutput(f *os.File) error {
+//
+// TODO(adonovan): the variadic ... is a short-term measure to avoid
+// breaking the call in x/telemetry; it will be removed before the
+// go1.23 freeze.
+func SetCrashOutput(f *os.File, opts ...CrashOptions) error {
+	if len(opts) > 1 {
+		panic("supply at most 1 CrashOptions")
+	}
 	fd := ^uintptr(0)
 	if f != nil {
 		// The runtime will write to this file descriptor from