diff --git a/docs/sphinx/reference-libobs-util-base.rst b/docs/sphinx/reference-libobs-util-base.rst
index 8485fca8d352fe..ff6a59327be5aa 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/reference-libobs-util-base.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/reference-libobs-util-base.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Logging Functions
 .. function:: void base_set_crash_handler(void (*handler)(const char *, va_list, void *), void *param)
 
    Sets the current crash handler.
+   This may only be set once.
 
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/libobs/util/base.c b/libobs/util/base.c
index 4e91dcb1dceb04..9a71f1567f1d38 100644
--- a/libobs/util/base.c
+++ b/libobs/util/base.c
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ void base_set_log_handler(log_handler_t handler, void *param)
 
 void base_set_crash_handler(void (*handler)(const char *, va_list, void *), void *param)
 {
+	static bool non_default_handler_set = false;
+
+	if (non_default_handler_set) {
+		blog(LOG_ERROR, "Tried to set a crash handler when one already exists. "
+				"This is unsupported.");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	non_default_handler_set = true;
 	crash_param = param;
 	crash_handler = handler;
 }