diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt.in b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt.in
index 103c688ac..5258544a3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt.in
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt.in
@@ -3359,6 +3359,7 @@ g_test_trap_assert_stdout_unmatched
 g_test_trap_assert_stderr
 g_test_trap_assert_stderr_unmatched
 g_test_trap_fork
+g_test_disable_crash_reporting
 
 g_test_rand_bit
 g_test_rand_int
diff --git a/glib/gtestutils.c b/glib/gtestutils.c
index 0b7e68361..70cdc20e0 100644
--- a/glib/gtestutils.c
+++ b/glib/gtestutils.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #endif
@@ -1302,6 +1305,33 @@ g_test_log (GTestLogType lbit,
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * g_test_disable_crash_reporting:
+ *
+ * Attempt to disable system crash reporting infrastructure.
+ *
+ * This function should be called before exercising code paths that are
+ * expected or intended to crash, to avoid wasting resources in system-wide
+ * crash collection infrastructure such as systemd-coredump or abrt.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.78
+ */
+void
+g_test_disable_crash_reporting (void)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
+  struct rlimit limit = { 0, 0 };
+
+  (void) setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &limit);
+#endif
+
+#if defined(HAVE_PRCTL) && defined(PR_SET_DUMPABLE)
+  /* On Linux, RLIMIT_CORE = 0 is ignored if core dumps are
+   * configured to be written to a pipe, but PR_SET_DUMPABLE is not. */
+  (void) prctl (PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+#endif
+}
+
 /* We intentionally parse the command line without GOptionContext
  * because otherwise you would never be able to test it.
  */
@@ -1376,12 +1406,8 @@ parse_args (gint    *argc_p,
            * tests spawn a *lot* of them.  Avoid spamming system crash
            * collection programs such as systemd-coredump and abrt.
            */
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-          {
-            struct rlimit limit = { 0, 0 };
-            (void) setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &limit);
-          }
-#endif
+          g_test_disable_crash_reporting ();
+
           argv[i] = NULL;
 
           /* Force non-TAP output when spawning a subprocess, since people often
@@ -3980,12 +4006,7 @@ g_test_trap_fork (guint64        usec_timeout,
        * tests spawn a *lot* of them.  Avoid spamming system crash
        * collection programs such as systemd-coredump and abrt.
        */
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-      {
-        struct rlimit limit = { 0, 0 };
-        (void) setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &limit);
-      }
-#endif
+      g_test_disable_crash_reporting ();
 
       return TRUE;
     }
diff --git a/glib/gtestutils.h b/glib/gtestutils.h
index 9406ff0d8..688f2eae7 100644
--- a/glib/gtestutils.h
+++ b/glib/gtestutils.h
@@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_38
 gboolean g_test_failed                  (void);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_38
 void    g_test_set_nonfatal_assertions  (void);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_78
+void    g_test_disable_crash_reporting  (void);
 
 /**
  * g_test_add:
diff --git a/glib/tests/assert-msg-test.c b/glib/tests/assert-msg-test.c
index b46496635..7f450d226 100644
--- a/glib/tests/assert-msg-test.c
+++ b/glib/tests/assert-msg-test.c
@@ -19,20 +19,14 @@
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#endif
 #include <glib.h>
 
 int
 main (int    argc,
       char **argv)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
   /* We expect this test to abort, so try to avoid that creating a coredump */
-  struct rlimit limit = { 0, 0 };
-  (void) setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &limit);
-#endif
+  g_test_disable_crash_reporting ();
 
   g_assert (42 < 0);
   return 0;
diff --git a/glib/tests/messages-low-memory.c b/glib/tests/messages-low-memory.c
index ecb507024..479143723 100644
--- a/glib/tests/messages-low-memory.c
+++ b/glib/tests/messages-low-memory.c
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <dlfcn.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#endif
 #include <glib.h>
 
 static gboolean malloc_eom = FALSE;
@@ -59,11 +56,8 @@ int
 main (int   argc,
       char *argv[])
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
   /* We expect this test to abort, so try to avoid that creating a coredump */
-  struct rlimit limit = { 0, 0 };
-  (void) setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &limit);
-#endif
+  g_test_disable_crash_reporting ();
 
   g_setenv ("LC_ALL", "C", TRUE);
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 796ab6872..178bf0bbb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ headers = [
   'sys/mnttab.h',
   'sys/mount.h',
   'sys/param.h',
+  'sys/prctl.h',
   'sys/resource.h',
   'sys/select.h',
   'sys/statfs.h',
@@ -695,6 +696,11 @@ if glib_conf.has('HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H') or glib_conf.has('HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H')
 else
   have_func_statfs = false
 endif
+if glib_conf.has('HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H')
+  functions += ['prctl']
+else
+  have_func_prctl = false
+endif
 
 if host_system == 'windows'
   iphlpapi_dep = cc.find_library('iphlpapi')