diff --git a/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.cc b/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.cc
index 5a1444c2..d2c6e7d0 100644
--- a/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.cc
+++ b/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.cc
@@ -410,7 +410,11 @@ bool ExceptionHandler::WriteMinidumpOnHandlerThread(
 }
 
 bool ExceptionHandler::WriteMinidump() {
-  bool success = WriteMinidumpOnHandlerThread(NULL, NULL);
+  return WriteMinidumpForException(NULL);
+}
+
+bool ExceptionHandler::WriteMinidumpForException(EXCEPTION_POINTERS *exinfo) {
+  bool success = WriteMinidumpOnHandlerThread(exinfo, NULL);
   UpdateNextID();
   return success;
 }
diff --git a/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.h b/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.h
index e4b3f3bb..a9eccd6b 100644
--- a/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.h
+++ b/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.h
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ class ExceptionHandler {
   // execution state independently of a crash.  Returns true on success.
   bool WriteMinidump();
 
+  // Writes a minidump immediately, with the user-supplied exception
+  // information.
+  bool WriteMinidumpForException(EXCEPTION_POINTERS *exinfo);
+
   // Convenience form of WriteMinidump which does not require an
   // ExceptionHandler instance.
   static bool WriteMinidump(const wstring &dump_path,