diff --git a/Modules/BreakpadCrashReporting/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/BreakpadCrashReporting/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e609c435d..3acecde186 100644
--- a/Modules/BreakpadCrashReporting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/BreakpadCrashReporting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,33 +1,36 @@
 # TODOs
 #  LATER nicer separation of Linux/Window/.. code
 #  OK test should check existence of dump file
 #  - find nice script to use linux symbol writer tool dump_.. on all relevant libraries
 #  - update documentation
 #  OK check buildtype (O2/-g/..) in cmake
 #  OK use the same library structure in "our" cmake script as google uses in their build
 #    OK otherwise we cannot switch between custom-built versions of breakpad and our superbuild version
 #  [optional] add install step to our Breakpad build
 
 if(MITK_USE_Breakpad) # from top-level CMakeLists.txt
 
   find_package(Breakpad)
   if (NOT Breakpad_FOUND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "MITK_USE_Breakpad was set but Breakpad build cannot be found. Plaese check CMake cache variables regarding Breakpad")
   endif()
 
   MITK_CREATE_MODULE(BreakpadCrashReporting
     INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Breakpad_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ADDITIONAL_LIBS ${Breakpad_LIBRARIES}
     FORCE_STATIC
     )
 
   if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "Windows")
     add_executable(CrashReportingServer mitkCrashReportingServer.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(CrashReportingServer ${ALL_LIBRARIES} BreakpadCrashReporting)
     MITK_INSTALL(TARGETS CrashReportingServer)
   endif()
 
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "Linux")
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ProduceBreakpadSymbols.sh.in ${MITK_CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ProduceBreakpadSymbols.sh)
+  endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(Testing)
 
 endif(MITK_USE_Breakpad)
diff --git a/Modules/BreakpadCrashReporting/ProduceBreakpadSymbols.sh.in b/Modules/BreakpadCrashReporting/ProduceBreakpadSymbols.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4b8f168cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/BreakpadCrashReporting/ProduceBreakpadSymbols.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script can be used to convert the debugging symbols of binaries to text-format symbol files.
+# This needs to be done so that Breakpad can produce useful stack traces.
+# The script takes as argument the path to the binary for which the symbols should be converted.
+#
+# To produce the stack trace use the application @Breakpad_DIR@/minidump_stackwalk
+# For further details have a look at the offical documentation of google breakpad: https://code.google.com/p/google-breakpad/wiki/LinuxStarterGuide
+
+# path to binary
+BINARY_PATH=$1
+
+# path to dump_sys
+DUMPSYMS=@Breakpad_DIR@/dump_syms
+
+# output path
+OUTPUT=@MITK_CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY@/CrashDumps
+
+# if output folder does not exist yet
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT
+
+OUTPUTFILEPATH=$OUTPUT/symbols.sym
+
+$DUMPSYMS $BINARY_PATH > $OUTPUTFILEPATH
+
+HASH=$(head -n1 $OUTPUTFILEPATH | awk '{ print $4 }' )
+echo $HASH
+
+EXENAME=$(head -n1 $OUTPUTFILEPATH | awk '{ print $5 }' )
+echo $EXENAME
+
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT/./symbols/$EXENAME/$HASH
+mv $OUTPUTFILEPATH $OUTPUT/./symbols/$EXENAME/$HASH
+