diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
index 1dc8bde385..72c37b755e 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
@@ -155,15 +155,15 @@ String SystemStats::getStackBacktrace()
 static SystemStats::CrashHandlerFunction globalCrashHandler = nullptr;
 
 #if JUCE_WINDOWS
-static LONG WINAPI handleCrash (LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS)
+static LONG WINAPI handleCrash (LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS ep)
 {
-    globalCrashHandler();
+    globalCrashHandler (ep);
     return EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER;
 }
 #else
-static void handleCrash (int)
+static void handleCrash (int signum)
 {
-    globalCrashHandler();
+    globalCrashHandler ((void*) (pointer_sized_int) signum);
     kill (getpid(), SIGKILL);
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h
index 6f29412b0d..11cec7217c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h
@@ -192,8 +192,10 @@ public:
     */
     static String getStackBacktrace();
 
-    /** A void() function type, used by setApplicationCrashHandler(). */
-    typedef void (*CrashHandlerFunction)();
+    /** A function type for use in setApplicationCrashHandler(). The parameter will contain 
+        platform-specific data about the crash.
+    */
+    typedef void (*CrashHandlerFunction) (void*);
 
     /** Sets up a global callback function that will be called if the application
         executes some kind of illegal instruction.