diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index cac9e38ad85..afbddbfd030 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <exception>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <sys/time.h>
@@ -408,3 +409,16 @@ PrintFreed::~PrintFreed()
 }
 
 } // namespace nix
+
+typedef void (*cxa_throw_type)(void *, void *, void (*) (void *));
+
+void __cxa_throw(void * exc, void * tinfo_, void (*dest)(void *))
+{
+    auto * tinfo = (std::type_info *) tinfo_;
+
+    if (*tinfo == typeid(std::logic_error))
+        abort();
+
+    static auto orig_cxa_throw = (cxa_throw_type) dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "__cxa_throw");
+    orig_cxa_throw(exc, tinfo_, dest);
+}