diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c74092ca7..354890e33 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 - Add `sentry_scope_remove_fingerprint` to remove a fingerprint set on a scope, matching the global `sentry_remove_fingerprint`. ([#1932](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1932))
 
+**Fixes**:
+
+- Crashpad: fix a crash when calling `sentry_init` before C++ dynamic initializers have run. ([#1930](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/issues/1930), [mini_chromium#8](https://github.com/getsentry/mini_chromium/pull/8))
+
 ## 0.16.1
 
 **Features**:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0713824d4..12597597e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ endif()
 if(SENTRY_BUILD_TESTS)
 	add_subdirectory(tests/unit)
 	add_subdirectory(tests/fixtures/crash_reporter)
+	add_subdirectory(tests/fixtures/early_init)
 	add_subdirectory(tests/fixtures/screenshot)
 	if(WIN32 AND NOT XBOX)
 		add_subdirectory(tests/fixtures/appx)
diff --git a/external/crashpad b/external/crashpad
index aae505d3d..46b01fd75 160000
--- a/external/crashpad
+++ b/external/crashpad
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aae505d3daf73e8a48136ccc7398663f16096712
+Subproject commit 46b01fd750285a3b85bd1d4d98b606321f788069
diff --git a/tests/cmake.py b/tests/cmake.py
index 5d6287f17..c462af116 100644
--- a/tests/cmake.py
+++ b/tests/cmake.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def destroy(self):
                     "sentry_test_unit",
                     "libsentry.dylib" if sys.platform == "darwin" else "libsentry.so",
                     "sentry-crash",
+                    "sentry_early_init",
                 ]
                 cmd = [
                     os.environ.get("LLVM_COV", "llvm-cov"),
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/early_init/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/fixtures/early_init/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8047f680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/early_init/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+project(sentry_early_init LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+add_executable(sentry_early_init early_init.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(sentry_early_init PRIVATE sentry)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/early_init/early_init.cpp b/tests/fixtures/early_init/early_init.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9052455b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/early_init/early_init.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <sentry.h>
+
+static int
+do_early_init()
+{
+    sentry_options_t *options = sentry_options_new();
+    sentry_options_set_debug(options, true);
+    return sentry_init(options);
+}
+
+struct EarlyInit {
+    int result = do_early_init();
+};
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+// call sentry_init() as early as possible, before other static initializers
+#    pragma init_seg(lib)
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+__attribute__((init_priority(101)))
+#endif
+static EarlyInit early_init;
+
+int
+main()
+{
+    sentry_close();
+    return early_init.result;
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_crashpad.py b/tests/test_integration_crashpad.py
index ac1c50f41..422b58f40 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_crashpad.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration_crashpad.py
@@ -1134,3 +1134,21 @@ def test_crashpad_restart_on_crash(cmake, httpserver):
     assert len(httpserver.log) == 2
     for req in httpserver.log:
         assert_crashpad_upload(req[0])
+
+
+def test_crashpad_early_init(cmake):
+    tmp_path = cmake(
+        ["sentry_early_init"],
+        {
+            "SENTRY_BACKEND": "crashpad",
+            "SENTRY_TRANSPORT": "none",
+            "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS": "OFF",
+        },
+    )
+
+    result = run(
+        tmp_path,
+        "sentry_early_init",
+        [],
+    )
+    assert result.returncode == 0
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_http.py b/tests/test_integration_http.py
index 2aab22131..d923e1177 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration_http.py
@@ -1431,3 +1431,29 @@ def test_restart_on_crash(cmake, httpserver, backend):
             assert_breakpad_crash(envelope)
         else:
             assert False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "backend",
+    [
+        "inproc",
+        pytest.param(
+            "breakpad",
+            marks=pytest.mark.skipif(
+                not has_breakpad, reason="breakpad backend not available"
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_early_init(cmake, backend):
+    tmp_path = cmake(
+        ["sentry_early_init"],
+        {
+            "SENTRY_BACKEND": backend,
+            "SENTRY_TRANSPORT": "none",
+            "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS": "OFF",
+        },
+    )
+
+    result = run(tmp_path, "sentry_early_init", [])
+    assert result.returncode == 0
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_native.py b/tests/test_integration_native.py
index 92b29c185..4eb25c96c 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_native.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration_native.py
@@ -1193,3 +1193,21 @@ def test_native_replay_orphan_not_flushed(cmake, httpserver):
         assert not is_replay_envelope(req.get_data())
     assert (replays / f"replay-{REPLAY_ID}.mp4").exists()
     assert (replays / f"replay-{REPLAY_ID}.json").exists()
+
+
+def test_native_early_init(cmake):
+    tmp_path = cmake(
+        ["sentry_early_init"],
+        {
+            "SENTRY_BACKEND": "native",
+            "SENTRY_TRANSPORT": "none",
+            "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS": "OFF",
+        },
+    )
+
+    result = run(
+        tmp_path,
+        "sentry_early_init",
+        [],
+    )
+    assert result.returncode == 0