diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/Main.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/Main.cpp
index c75622ec3a..2eb632f528 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/Main.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/Main.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "Frontend/GameList.h"
 #include "svnrev.h"
 
+#include "common/CrashHandler.h"
+
 static void PrintCommandLineVersion()
 {
 	std::fprintf(stderr, "PCSX2 Version %s\n", GIT_REV);
@@ -189,6 +191,8 @@ static bool ParseCommandLineOptions(int argc, char* argv[], std::shared_ptr<VMBo
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+	CrashHandler::Install();
+
 	QGuiApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);
 	QGuiApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps);
 	QGuiApplication::setHighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy(Qt::HighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy::PassThrough);
diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp
index 7faca2e94b..f1f8cd5bf0 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "common/Assertions.h"
 #include "common/Console.h"
+#include "common/CrashHandler.h"
 #include "common/FileSystem.h"
 #include "common/SettingsWrapper.h"
 #include "common/StringUtil.h"
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ bool QtHost::SetCriticalFolders()
 	EmuFolders::Settings = EmuFolders::DataRoot.Combine(wxDirName(L"inis"));
 	EmuFolders::Resources = EmuFolders::AppRoot.Combine(wxDirName(L"resources"));
 
+	// Write crash dumps to the data directory, since that'll be accessible for certain.
+	CrashHandler::SetWriteDirectory(EmuFolders::DataRoot.ToUTF8().data());
+
 	// the resources directory should exist, bail out if not
 	if (!EmuFolders::Resources.Exists())
 	{