diff --git a/bin/auth_ejabberd.php b/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
index faf302985a..88e5d034cb 100755
--- a/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
+++ b/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $dice = (new Dice())->addRules(include __DIR__ . '/../static/dependencies.config
 $dice = $dice->addRule(LoggerInterface::class,['constructParams' => ['auth_ejabberd']]);
 
 \Friendica\DI::init($dice);
-
+\Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler\ErrorHandler::register($dice->create(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class));
 $appMode = $dice->create(Mode::class);
 
 if ($appMode->isNormal()) {
diff --git a/bin/console.php b/bin/console.php
index 0684f240e2..35f0b5feef 100755
--- a/bin/console.php
+++ b/bin/console.php
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 $dice = (new Dice())->addRules(include __DIR__ . '/../static/dependencies.config.php');
 $dice = $dice->addRule(LoggerInterface::class,['constructParams' => ['console']]);
 
+\Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler\ErrorHandler::register($dice->create(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class));
+
 (new Friendica\Core\Console($dice, $argv))->execute();
diff --git a/bin/daemon.php b/bin/daemon.php
index 4fa9f8bd3f..7d4945fe03 100755
--- a/bin/daemon.php
+++ b/bin/daemon.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ $dice = (new Dice())->addRules(include __DIR__ . '/../static/dependencies.config
 $dice = $dice->addRule(LoggerInterface::class,['constructParams' => ['daemon']]);
 
 DI::init($dice);
+\Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler\ErrorHandler::register($dice->create(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class));
 $a = DI::app();
 
 if (DI::mode()->isInstall()) {
diff --git a/bin/worker.php b/bin/worker.php
index 46638a9ef3..2fe03cb4b2 100755
--- a/bin/worker.php
+++ b/bin/worker.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ $dice = (new Dice())->addRules(include __DIR__ . '/../static/dependencies.config
 $dice = $dice->addRule(LoggerInterface::class,['constructParams' => ['worker']]);
 
 DI::init($dice);
+\Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler\ErrorHandler::register($dice->create(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class));
 $a = DI::app();
 
 DI::mode()->setExecutor(Mode::WORKER);
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 2c18cb878c..011b9d7f90 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ $dice = $dice->addRule(Friendica\App\Mode::class, ['call' => [['determineRunMode
 
 \Friendica\DI::init($dice);
 
+\Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler\ErrorHandler::register($dice->create(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class));
+
 $a = \Friendica\DI::app();
 
 \Friendica\DI::mode()->setExecutor(\Friendica\App\Mode::INDEX);
diff --git a/src/Core/Logger/Handler/ErrorHandler.php b/src/Core/Logger/Handler/ErrorHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f2d6e1644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Logger/Handler/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2021, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Friendica\Core\Logger\Handler;
+
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
+
+/**
+ * A facility to enable logging of runtime errors, exceptions and fatal errors.
+ *
+ * Quick setup: <code>ErrorHandler::register($logger);</code>
+ */
+class ErrorHandler
+{
+	/** @var LoggerInterface */
+	private $logger;
+
+	/** @var ?callable */
+	private $previousExceptionHandler = null;
+	/** @var array<class-string, LogLevel::*> an array of class name to LogLevel::* constant mapping */
+	private $uncaughtExceptionLevelMap = [];
+
+	/** @var callable|true|null */
+	private $previousErrorHandler = null;
+	/** @var array<int, LogLevel::*> an array of E_* constant to LogLevel::* constant mapping */
+	private $errorLevelMap = [];
+	/** @var bool */
+	private $handleOnlyReportedErrors = true;
+
+	/** @var bool */
+	private $hasFatalErrorHandler = false;
+	/** @var LogLevel::* */
+	private $fatalLevel = LogLevel::ALERT;
+	/** @var ?string */
+	private $reservedMemory = null;
+	/** @var ?mixed */
+	private $lastFatalTrace;
+	/** @var int[] */
+	private static $fatalErrors = [E_ERROR, E_PARSE, E_CORE_ERROR, E_COMPILE_ERROR, E_USER_ERROR];
+
+	public function __construct(LoggerInterface $logger)
+	{
+		$this->logger = $logger;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Registers a new ErrorHandler for a given Logger
+	 *
+	 * By default it will handle errors, exceptions and fatal errors
+	 *
+	 * @param  LoggerInterface                        $logger
+	 * @param  array<int, LogLevel::*>|false          $errorLevelMap     an array of E_* constant to LogLevel::* constant mapping, or false to disable error handling
+	 * @param  array<class-string, LogLevel::*>|false $exceptionLevelMap an array of class name to LogLevel::* constant mapping, or false to disable exception handling
+	 * @param  LogLevel::*|null|false                 $fatalLevel        a LogLevel::* constant, null to use the default LogLevel::ALERT or false to disable fatal error handling
+	 * @return ErrorHandler
+	 */
+	public static function register(LoggerInterface $logger, $errorLevelMap = [], $exceptionLevelMap = [], $fatalLevel = null): self
+	{
+		/** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
+		$handler = new static($logger);
+		if ($errorLevelMap !== false) {
+			$handler->registerErrorHandler($errorLevelMap);
+		}
+		if ($exceptionLevelMap !== false) {
+			$handler->registerExceptionHandler($exceptionLevelMap);
+		}
+		if ($fatalLevel !== false) {
+			$handler->registerFatalHandler($fatalLevel);
+		}
+
+		return $handler;
+	}
+
+	public static function getClass(object $object): string
+	{
+		$class = \get_class($object);
+
+		if (false === ($pos = \strpos($class, "@anonymous\0"))) {
+			return $class;
+		}
+
+		if (false === ($parent = \get_parent_class($class))) {
+			return \substr($class, 0, $pos + 10);
+		}
+
+		return $parent . '@anonymous';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param  array<class-string, LogLevel::*> $levelMap an array of class name to LogLevel::* constant mapping
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function registerExceptionHandler(array $levelMap = [], bool $callPrevious = true): self
+	{
+		$prev = set_exception_handler(function (\Throwable $e): void {
+			$this->handleException($e);
+		});
+		$this->uncaughtExceptionLevelMap = $levelMap;
+		foreach ($this->defaultExceptionLevelMap() as $class => $level) {
+			if (!isset($this->uncaughtExceptionLevelMap[$class])) {
+				$this->uncaughtExceptionLevelMap[$class] = $level;
+			}
+		}
+		if ($callPrevious && $prev) {
+			$this->previousExceptionHandler = $prev;
+		}
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param  array<int, LogLevel::*> $levelMap an array of E_* constant to LogLevel::* constant mapping
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function registerErrorHandler(array $levelMap = [], bool $callPrevious = true, int $errorTypes = -1, bool $handleOnlyReportedErrors = true): self
+	{
+		$prev                = set_error_handler([$this, 'handleError'], $errorTypes);
+		$this->errorLevelMap = array_replace($this->defaultErrorLevelMap(), $levelMap);
+		if ($callPrevious) {
+			$this->previousErrorHandler = $prev ?: true;
+		} else {
+			$this->previousErrorHandler = null;
+		}
+
+		$this->handleOnlyReportedErrors = $handleOnlyReportedErrors;
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param LogLevel::*|null $level              a LogLevel::* constant, null to use the default LogLevel::ALERT
+	 * @param int              $reservedMemorySize Amount of KBs to reserve in memory so that it can be freed when handling fatal errors giving Monolog some room in memory to get its job done
+	 */
+	public function registerFatalHandler($level = null, int $reservedMemorySize = 20): self
+	{
+		register_shutdown_function([$this, 'handleFatalError']);
+
+		$this->reservedMemory       = str_repeat(' ', 1024 * $reservedMemorySize);
+		$this->fatalLevel           = null === $level ? LogLevel::ALERT : $level;
+		$this->hasFatalErrorHandler = true;
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return array<class-string, LogLevel::*>
+	 */
+	protected function defaultExceptionLevelMap(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			'ParseError' => LogLevel::CRITICAL,
+			'Throwable'  => LogLevel::ERROR,
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return array<int, LogLevel::*>
+	 */
+	protected function defaultErrorLevelMap(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			E_ERROR             => LogLevel::CRITICAL,
+			E_WARNING           => LogLevel::WARNING,
+			E_PARSE             => LogLevel::ALERT,
+			E_NOTICE            => LogLevel::NOTICE,
+			E_CORE_ERROR        => LogLevel::CRITICAL,
+			E_CORE_WARNING      => LogLevel::WARNING,
+			E_COMPILE_ERROR     => LogLevel::ALERT,
+			E_COMPILE_WARNING   => LogLevel::WARNING,
+			E_USER_ERROR        => LogLevel::ERROR,
+			E_USER_WARNING      => LogLevel::WARNING,
+			E_USER_NOTICE       => LogLevel::NOTICE,
+			E_STRICT            => LogLevel::NOTICE,
+			E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR => LogLevel::ERROR,
+			E_DEPRECATED        => LogLevel::NOTICE,
+			E_USER_DEPRECATED   => LogLevel::NOTICE,
+		];
+	}
+
+	private function handleException(\Throwable $e): void
+	{
+		$level = LogLevel::ERROR;
+		foreach ($this->uncaughtExceptionLevelMap as $class => $candidate) {
+			if ($e instanceof $class) {
+				$level = $candidate;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->logger->log(
+			$level,
+			sprintf('Uncaught Exception %s: "%s" at %s line %s', self::getClass($e), $e->getMessage(), $e->getFile(), $e->getLine()),
+			['exception' => $e]
+		);
+
+		if ($this->previousExceptionHandler) {
+			($this->previousExceptionHandler)($e);
+		}
+
+		if (!headers_sent() && !ini_get('display_errors')) {
+			http_response_code(500);
+		}
+
+		exit(255);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @private
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed[] $context
+	 */
+	public function handleError(int $code, string $message, string $file = '', int $line = 0, array $context = []): bool
+	{
+		if ($this->handleOnlyReportedErrors && !(error_reporting() & $code)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// fatal error codes are ignored if a fatal error handler is present as well to avoid duplicate log entries
+		if (!$this->hasFatalErrorHandler || !in_array($code, self::$fatalErrors, true)) {
+			$level = $this->errorLevelMap[$code] ?? LogLevel::CRITICAL;
+			$this->logger->log($level, self::codeToString($code).': '.$message, ['code' => $code, 'message' => $message, 'file' => $file, 'line' => $line]);
+		} else {
+			$trace = debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_IGNORE_ARGS);
+			array_shift($trace); // Exclude handleError from trace
+			$this->lastFatalTrace = $trace;
+		}
+
+		if ($this->previousErrorHandler === true) {
+			return false;
+		} elseif ($this->previousErrorHandler) {
+			return (bool) ($this->previousErrorHandler)($code, $message, $file, $line, $context);
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @private
+	 */
+	public function handleFatalError(): void
+	{
+		$this->reservedMemory = '';
+
+		$lastError = error_get_last();
+		if ($lastError && in_array($lastError['type'], self::$fatalErrors, true)) {
+			$this->logger->log(
+				$this->fatalLevel,
+				'Fatal Error ('.self::codeToString($lastError['type']).'): '.$lastError['message'],
+				['code' => $lastError['type'], 'message' => $lastError['message'], 'file' => $lastError['file'], 'line' => $lastError['line'], 'trace' => $this->lastFatalTrace]
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param int $code
+	 */
+	private static function codeToString($code): string
+	{
+		switch ($code) {
+			case E_ERROR:
+				return 'E_ERROR';
+			case E_WARNING:
+				return 'E_WARNING';
+			case E_PARSE:
+				return 'E_PARSE';
+			case E_NOTICE:
+				return 'E_NOTICE';
+			case E_CORE_ERROR:
+				return 'E_CORE_ERROR';
+			case E_CORE_WARNING:
+				return 'E_CORE_WARNING';
+			case E_COMPILE_ERROR:
+				return 'E_COMPILE_ERROR';
+			case E_COMPILE_WARNING:
+				return 'E_COMPILE_WARNING';
+			case E_USER_ERROR:
+				return 'E_USER_ERROR';
+			case E_USER_WARNING:
+				return 'E_USER_WARNING';
+			case E_USER_NOTICE:
+				return 'E_USER_NOTICE';
+			case E_STRICT:
+				return 'E_STRICT';
+			case E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR:
+				return 'E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR';
+			case E_DEPRECATED:
+				return 'E_DEPRECATED';
+			case E_USER_DEPRECATED:
+				return 'E_USER_DEPRECATED';
+		}
+
+		return 'Unknown PHP error';
+	}
+}