diff --git a/test/core/util/test_config.c b/test/core/util/test_config.c
index 14bfc957cbd68b15333b6032f7ad30f5a8ffab44..bf672e8f677f6cd4e55c01a3e858d2343ab358a2 100644
--- a/test/core/util/test_config.c
+++ b/test/core/util/test_config.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
 
 #include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
 
-#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
-#include "src/core/support/string.h"
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "src/core/support/string.h"
 
 double g_fixture_slowdown_factor = 1.0;
 
@@ -52,14 +54,125 @@ static unsigned seed(void) { return _getpid(); }
 #endif
 
 #if GPR_WINDOWS_CRASH_HANDLER
-LONG crash_handler(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ex_info) {
-  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Exception handler called, dumping information");
-  while (ex_info->ExceptionRecord) {
-    DWORD code = ex_info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode;
-    DWORD flgs = ex_info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionFlags;
-    PVOID addr = ex_info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionAddress;
-    gpr_log("code: %x - flags: %d - address: %p", code, flgs, addr);
-    ex_info->ExceptionRecord = ex_info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionRecord;
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#include <tchar.h>
+
+// disable warning 4091 - dbghelp.h is broken for msvc2015
+#pragma warning(disable : 4091)
+#define DBGHELP_TRANSLATE_TCHAR
+#include <dbghelp.h>
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma comment(lib, "dbghelp.lib")
+#endif
+
+static void print_current_stack() {
+  typedef USHORT(WINAPI * CaptureStackBackTraceType)(
+      __in ULONG, __in ULONG, __out PVOID *, __out_opt PULONG);
+  CaptureStackBackTraceType func = (CaptureStackBackTraceType)(GetProcAddress(
+      LoadLibrary(_T("kernel32.dll")), "RtlCaptureStackBackTrace"));
+
+  if (func == NULL) return;  // WOE 29.SEP.2010
+
+// Quote from Microsoft Documentation:
+// ## Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:
+// ## The sum of the FramesToSkip and FramesToCapture parameters must be less
+// than 63.
+#define MAX_CALLERS 62
+
+  void *callers_stack[MAX_CALLERS];
+  unsigned short frames;
+  SYMBOL_INFOW *symbol;
+  HANDLE process;
+  process = GetCurrentProcess();
+  SymInitialize(process, NULL, TRUE);
+  frames = (func)(0, MAX_CALLERS, callers_stack, NULL);
+  symbol =
+      (SYMBOL_INFOW *)calloc(sizeof(SYMBOL_INFOW) + 256 * sizeof(wchar_t), 1);
+  symbol->MaxNameLen = 255;
+  symbol->SizeOfStruct = sizeof(SYMBOL_INFOW);
+
+  const unsigned short MAX_CALLERS_SHOWN = 32;
+  frames = frames < MAX_CALLERS_SHOWN ? frames : MAX_CALLERS_SHOWN;
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < frames; i++) {
+    SymFromAddrW(process, (DWORD64)(callers_stack[i]), 0, symbol);
+    fwprintf(stderr, L"*** %d: %016I64X %ls - %016I64X\n", i,
+             (DWORD64)callers_stack[i], symbol->Name, (DWORD64)symbol->Address);
+  }
+
+  free(symbol);
+}
+
+static void print_stack_from_context(CONTEXT c) {
+  STACKFRAME s;  // in/out stackframe
+  memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
+  DWORD imageType;
+#ifdef _M_IX86
+  // normally, call ImageNtHeader() and use machine info from PE header
+  imageType = IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386;
+  s.AddrPC.Offset = c.Eip;
+  s.AddrPC.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+  s.AddrFrame.Offset = c.Ebp;
+  s.AddrFrame.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+  s.AddrStack.Offset = c.Esp;
+  s.AddrStack.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+#elif _M_X64
+  imageType = IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64;
+  s.AddrPC.Offset = c.Rip;
+  s.AddrPC.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+  s.AddrFrame.Offset = c.Rsp;
+  s.AddrFrame.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+  s.AddrStack.Offset = c.Rsp;
+  s.AddrStack.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+#elif _M_IA64
+  imageType = IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_IA64;
+  s.AddrPC.Offset = c.StIIP;
+  s.AddrPC.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+  s.AddrFrame.Offset = c.IntSp;
+  s.AddrFrame.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+  s.AddrBStore.Offset = c.RsBSP;
+  s.AddrBStore.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+  s.AddrStack.Offset = c.IntSp;
+  s.AddrStack.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+#else
+#error "Platform not supported!"
+#endif
+
+  HANDLE process = GetCurrentProcess();
+  HANDLE thread = GetCurrentThread();
+
+  SYMBOL_INFOW *symbol =
+      (SYMBOL_INFOW *)calloc(sizeof(SYMBOL_INFOW) + 256 * sizeof(wchar_t), 1);
+  symbol->MaxNameLen = 255;
+  symbol->SizeOfStruct = sizeof(SYMBOL_INFOW);
+
+  while (StackWalk(imageType, process, thread, &s, &c, 0,
+                   SymFunctionTableAccess, SymGetModuleBase, 0)) {
+    BOOL has_symbol =
+        SymFromAddrW(process, (DWORD64)(s.AddrPC.Offset), 0, symbol);
+    fwprintf(
+        stderr, L"*** %016I64X %ls - %016I64X\n", (DWORD64)(s.AddrPC.Offset),
+        has_symbol ? symbol->Name : L"<<no symbol>>", (DWORD64)symbol->Address);
+  }
+
+  free(symbol);
+}
+
+static LONG crash_handler(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ex_info) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "Exception handler called, dumping information\n");
+  bool try_to_print_stack = true;
+  PEXCEPTION_RECORD exrec = ex_info->ExceptionRecord;
+  while (exrec) {
+    DWORD code = exrec->ExceptionCode;
+    DWORD flgs = exrec->ExceptionFlags;
+    PVOID addr = exrec->ExceptionAddress;
+    if (code == EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW) try_to_print_stack = false;
+    fprintf(stderr, "code: %x - flags: %d - address: %p\n", code, flgs, addr);
+    exrec = exrec->ExceptionRecord;
+  }
+  if (try_to_print_stack) {
+    print_stack_from_context(*ex_info->ContextRecord);
   }
   if (IsDebuggerPresent()) {
     __debugbreak();
@@ -69,8 +182,9 @@ LONG crash_handler(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ex_info) {
   return EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER;
 }
 
-void abort_handler(int sig) {
-  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Abort handler called.");
+static void abort_handler(int sig) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "Abort handler called.\n");
+  print_current_stack(NULL);
   if (IsDebuggerPresent()) {
     __debugbreak();
   } else {
@@ -79,17 +193,20 @@ void abort_handler(int sig) {
 }
 
 static void install_crash_handler() {
+  if (!SymInitialize(GetCurrentProcess(), NULL, TRUE)) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "SymInitialize failed: %d\n", GetLastError());
+  }
   SetUnhandledExceptionFilter((LPTOP_LEVEL_EXCEPTION_FILTER)crash_handler);
   _set_abort_behavior(0, _WRITE_ABORT_MSG);
   _set_abort_behavior(0, _CALL_REPORTFAULT);
   signal(SIGABRT, abort_handler);
 }
 #elif GPR_POSIX_CRASH_HANDLER
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <execinfo.h>
+#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 
 static char g_alt_stack[MINSIGSTKSZ];