diff --git a/targets/x86-unknown-none.json b/targets/x86-unknown-none.json
index 5c50043f9d07eb1510e43aceb49b2df5d3f9fda8..5795f6aa456eb2a59bf181368afcfbe9f30d6cde 100644
--- a/targets/x86-unknown-none.json
+++ b/targets/x86-unknown-none.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "env": "",
     "vendor": "unknown",
     "linker-flavor": "gcc",
+    "panic-strategy": "abort",
     "pre-link-args": {
         "gcc": ["-m32", "-nostdlib", "-static"]
     },