diff --git a/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp b/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp
index 4627380356..336210391a 100644
--- a/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp
+++ b/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp
@@ -148,15 +148,23 @@ namespace Crash
 
             bool running = true;
             bool frozen = false;
-            while (isAppAlive() && running)
+            while (isAppAlive() && running && !mFreezeAbort)
             {
                 if (isAppFrozen())
                 {
-                    frozen = true;
-                    handleCrash();
-                    running = false;
+                    if (!frozen)
+                    {
+                        showFreezeMessageBox();
+                        frozen = true;
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (frozen)
+                {
+                    hideFreezeMessageBox();
+                    frozen = false;
                 }
-                if (!frozen && waitApp())
+
+                if (!mFreezeAbort && waitApp())
                 {
                     shmLock();
 
@@ -180,6 +188,9 @@ namespace Crash
             }
 
             if (frozen)
+                hideFreezeMessageBox();
+
+            if (mFreezeAbort)
             {
                 TerminateProcess(mAppProcessHandle, 0xDEAD);
                 std::string message = "OpenMW appears to have frozen.\nCrash log saved to '" + std::string(mShm->mStartup.mLogFilePath) + "'.\nPlease report this to https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/issues !";
@@ -258,4 +269,43 @@ namespace Crash
         }
     }
 
+    void CrashMonitor::showFreezeMessageBox()
+    {
+        std::thread messageBoxThread([&]() {
+            SDL_MessageBoxButtonData button = { SDL_MESSAGEBOX_BUTTON_RETURNKEY_DEFAULT, 0, "Abort" };
+            SDL_MessageBoxData messageBoxData = {
+                SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR,
+                nullptr,
+                "OpenMW appears to have frozen",
+                "OpenMW appears to have frozen. Press Abort to terminate it and generate a crash dump.\nIf OpenMW hasn't actually frozen, this message box will disappear a within a few seconds of it becoming responsive.",
+                1,
+                &button,
+                nullptr
+            };
+
+            int buttonId;
+            if (SDL_ShowMessageBox(&messageBoxData, &buttonId) == 0 && buttonId == 0)
+                mFreezeAbort = true;
+            });
+
+        mFreezeMessageBoxThreadId = GetThreadId(messageBoxThread.native_handle());
+        messageBoxThread.detach();
+    }
+
+    void CrashMonitor::hideFreezeMessageBox()
+    {
+        if (!mFreezeMessageBoxThreadId)
+            return;
+
+        EnumWindows([](HWND handle, LPARAM param) -> BOOL {
+            CrashMonitor& crashMonitor = *(CrashMonitor*)param;
+            DWORD processId;
+            if (GetWindowThreadProcessId(handle, &processId) == crashMonitor.mFreezeMessageBoxThreadId && processId == GetCurrentProcessId())
+                PostMessage(handle, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
+            return true;
+            }, (LPARAM)this);
+
+        mFreezeMessageBoxThreadId = 0;
+    }
+
 } // namespace Crash
diff --git a/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.hpp b/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.hpp
index 031e5b0612..b520e309b0 100644
--- a/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.hpp
+++ b/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ private:
     HANDLE mShmHandle = nullptr;
     HANDLE mShmMutex = nullptr;
 
+    DWORD mFreezeMessageBoxThreadId = 0;
+    std::atomic_bool mFreezeAbort;
+
     static std::unordered_map<HWINEVENTHOOK, CrashMonitor*> smEventHookOwners;
 
     void signalApp() const;
@@ -48,6 +51,10 @@ private:
     void shmUnlock();
 
     void handleCrash();
+
+    void showFreezeMessageBox();
+
+    void hideFreezeMessageBox();
 };
 
 } // namespace Crash