diff --git a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBDebugger.i b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBDebugger.i
--- a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBDebugger.i
+++ b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBDebugger.i
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
     static SBError
     InitializeWithErrorHandling();
 
+    static void PrintStackTraceOnError();
+
     static void
     Terminate();
 
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBDebugger.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBDebugger.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBDebugger.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBDebugger.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@
 
   static lldb::SBError InitializeWithErrorHandling();
 
+  static void PrintStackTraceOnError();
+
   static void Terminate();
 
   // Deprecated, use the one that takes a source_init_files bool.
diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@
 
     import lldb
     lldb.SBDebugger.Initialize()
+    lldb.SBDebugger.PrintStackTraceOnError()
 
     checkLibcxxSupport()
     checkLibstdcxxSupport()
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/DynamicLibrary.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ManagedStatic.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/PrettyStackTrace.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Signals.h"
 
 using namespace lldb;
 using namespace lldb_private;
@@ -206,6 +208,15 @@
   return error;
 }
 
+void SBDebugger::PrintStackTraceOnError() {
+  LLDB_INSTRUMENT();
+
+  llvm::EnablePrettyStackTrace();
+  // We don't have a meaningful argv[0] to use, so use "SBDebugger" as a
+  // substitute.
+  llvm::sys::PrintStackTraceOnErrorSignal("SBDebugger");
+}
+
 void SBDebugger::Terminate() {
   LLDB_INSTRUMENT();