diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e27cce263..011e4abc7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ $(SRCDIR)/tokenlist.o: lib/tokenlist.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/conf
 $(SRCDIR)/valueflow.o: lib/valueflow.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/valueflow.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/mathlib.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/path.h lib/token.h lib/standards.h lib/timer.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/tokenlist.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -std=c++0x -c -o $(SRCDIR)/valueflow.o $(SRCDIR)/valueflow.cpp
 
-cli/cmdlineparser.o: cli/cmdlineparser.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cmdlineparser.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/path.h lib/mathlib.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/suppressions.h lib/standards.h lib/timer.h lib/errorlogger.h cli/filelister.h lib/check.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h
+cli/cmdlineparser.o: cli/cmdlineparser.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cmdlineparser.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/path.h lib/mathlib.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/suppressions.h lib/standards.h lib/timer.h lib/errorlogger.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h cli/filelister.h lib/check.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -std=c++0x -c -o cli/cmdlineparser.o cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
 
 cli/cppcheckexecutor.o: cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h cli/cmdlineparser.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/path.h lib/mathlib.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/standards.h lib/timer.h cli/filelister.h cli/pathmatch.h lib/preprocessor.h cli/threadexecutor.h
diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index 9eb6550b1..5124728a6 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "cmdlineparser.h"
 #include "cppcheck.h"
+#include "cppcheckexecutor.h"
 #include "filelister.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "settings.h"
@@ -136,6 +137,11 @@ bool CmdLineParser::ParseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         // (Experimental) exception handling inside cppcheck client
         else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--exception-handling") == 0)
             _settings->exceptionHandling = true;
+        else if (std::strncmp(argv[i], "--exception-handling=", 21) == 0) {
+            _settings->exceptionHandling = true;
+            const std::string exceptionOutfilename=&(argv[i][21]);
+            CppCheckExecutor::setExceptionOutput(exceptionOutfilename);
+        }
 
         // Inconclusive checking (still in testing phase)
         else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--inconclusive") == 0)
diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index a6788369a..1162c7b02 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static void CppcheckSignalHandler(int signo, siginfo_t * info, void * /*context*
     const char * const signame = signal_name(signo);
     const char * const sigtext = strsignal(signo);
     bool bPrintCallstack=true;
-    FILE* f=stderr;
+    FILE* f=CppCheckExecutor::getExceptionOutput()=="stderr" ? stderr : stdout;
     fputs("Internal error: cppcheck received signal ", f);
     fputs(signame, f);
     fputs(", ", f);
@@ -334,15 +334,16 @@ static int filterException(int code, PEXCEPTION_POINTERS ex)
 {
     // TODO we should try to extract more information here
     //   - address, read/write
+    FILE *f = stdout;
     switch (ex->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode) {
     case EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION:
-        fprintf(stderr, "Internal error (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)\n");
+        fprintf(f, "Internal error (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)\n");
         break;
     case EXCEPTION_IN_PAGE_ERROR:
-        fprintf(stderr, "Internal error (EXCEPTION_IN_PAGE_ERROR)\n");
+        fprintf(f, "Internal error (EXCEPTION_IN_PAGE_ERROR)\n");
         break;
     default:
-        fprintf(stderr, "Internal error (%d)\n",
+        fprintf(f, "Internal error (%d)\n",
                 code);
         break;
     }
@@ -359,11 +360,12 @@ static int filterException(int code, PEXCEPTION_POINTERS ex)
 int CppCheckExecutor::check_wrapper(CppCheck& cppcheck, int argc, const char* const argv[])
 {
 #ifdef USE_WINDOWS_SEH
+    FILE *f = stdout;
     __try {
         return check_internal(cppcheck, argc, argv);
     } __except (filterException(GetExceptionCode(), GetExceptionInformation())) {
         // reporting to stdout may not be helpful within a GUI application..
-        fprintf(stderr, "Please report this to the cppcheck developers!\n");
+        fprintf(f, "Please report this to the cppcheck developers!\n");
         return -1;
     }
 #elif defined(USE_UNIX_SIGNAL_HANDLING)
@@ -558,3 +560,13 @@ void CppCheckExecutor::reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg)
         reportErr(msg.toString(_settings->_verbose, _settings->_outputFormat));
     }
 }
+
+void CppCheckExecutor::setExceptionOutput(const std::string& fn)
+{
+    exceptionOutput=fn;
+}
+const std::string& CppCheckExecutor::getExceptionOutput()
+{
+    return exceptionOutput;
+}
+std::string CppCheckExecutor::exceptionOutput;
diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.h b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.h
index f849397dd..4bab290de 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.h
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.h
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ public:
      */
     static void reportStatus(std::size_t fileindex, std::size_t filecount, std::size_t sizedone, std::size_t sizetotal);
 
+    /**
+     * @param fn file name to be used from exception handler
+     */
+    static void setExceptionOutput(const std::string& fn);
+    /**
+    * @return file name to be used for output from exception handler
+    */
+    static const std::string& getExceptionOutput();
+
 protected:
 
     /**
@@ -151,6 +160,11 @@ private:
      */
     std::time_t time1;
 
+    /**
+     * Output file name for exception handler
+     */
+    static std::string exceptionOutput;
+
     /**
      * Has --errorlist been given?
      */