diff --git a/embed/web-process-extension/ephy-web-process-extension-main.c b/embed/web-process-extension/ephy-web-process-extension-main.c
index 457ff8964e7e7f8274b1cc827d1c0ee17b09e1fc..f109fee131d9853d1485c998d7a545429baf494c 100644
--- a/embed/web-process-extension/ephy-web-process-extension-main.c
+++ b/embed/web-process-extension/ephy-web-process-extension-main.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ webkit_web_process_extension_initialize_with_user_data (WebKitWebProcessExtensio
   gboolean is_webextension;
   g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
 
-  g_log_set_always_fatal (G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL);
+  ephy_debug_set_fatal_criticals ();
 
   g_variant_get (user_data, "(&sm&sbbb&s)", &guid, &profile_dir, &should_remember_passwords, &private_profile, &is_webextension, &webextension_translations);
 
diff --git a/lib/ephy-debug.c b/lib/ephy-debug.c
index f4c63bbd723321e334ec54b4ddff8bbc449aca61..743a7a530affb5823c76b9bff1221f8316484441 100644
--- a/lib/ephy-debug.c
+++ b/lib/ephy-debug.c
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ ephy_profiler_free (EphyProfiler *profiler)
   g_free (profiler);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ephy_debug_set_fatal_critcals:
+ *
+ * Sets criticals to fatal unless otherwise specified by `G_DEBUG`.
+ **/
+void
+ephy_debug_set_fatal_criticals ()
+{
+  if (!g_getenv ("G_DEBUG"))
+    g_log_set_always_fatal (G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL);
+}
+
 /**
  * ephy_profiler_start:
  * @name: name of this new profiler
diff --git a/lib/ephy-debug.h b/lib/ephy-debug.h
index d4feddc3bebc44439de8ee36139e7c9323fec203..9ab057b41c892065ee559043661b8b7e9fad782b 100644
--- a/lib/ephy-debug.h
+++ b/lib/ephy-debug.h
@@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ void		ephy_profiler_start	(const char *name,
 
 void		ephy_profiler_stop	(const char *name);
 
+void		ephy_debug_set_fatal_criticals ();
+
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/src/ephy-main.c b/src/ephy-main.c
index a627833a050dc8b380fae9449fbd94d438f41967..02283b5281d0e9e1f694c128c509134f14add186 100644
--- a/src/ephy-main.c
+++ b/src/ephy-main.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ main (int   argc,
    */
   LIBXML_TEST_VERSION;
 
-  g_log_set_always_fatal (G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL);
+  ephy_debug_set_fatal_criticals ();
 
   /* If we're given -remote arguments, translate them */
   if (argc >= 2 && strcmp (argv[1], "-remote") == 0) {