diff --git a/include/cppgc/garbage-collected.h b/include/cppgc/garbage-collected.h
index 75d127ee9c..6737c8be49 100644
--- a/include/cppgc/garbage-collected.h
+++ b/include/cppgc/garbage-collected.h
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ class GarbageCollected {
   // virtual destructor requires an unambiguous, accessible 'operator delete'.
   void operator delete(void*) {
 #ifdef V8_ENABLE_CHECKS
-    internal::Abort();
+    internal::Fatal(
+        "Manually deleting a garbage collected object is not allowed");
 #endif  // V8_ENABLE_CHECKS
   }
   void operator delete[](void*) = delete;
diff --git a/include/cppgc/platform.h b/include/cppgc/platform.h
index 3276a26b65..5d5f8796ad 100644
--- a/include/cppgc/platform.h
+++ b/include/cppgc/platform.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
+#include "cppgc/source-location.h"
 #include "v8-platform.h"  // NOLINT(build/include_directory)
 #include "v8config.h"     // NOLINT(build/include_directory)
 
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ V8_EXPORT void ShutdownProcess();
 
 namespace internal {
 
-V8_EXPORT void Abort();
+V8_EXPORT void Fatal(const std::string& reason = std::string(),
+                     const SourceLocation& = SourceLocation::Current());
 
 }  // namespace internal
 
diff --git a/src/heap/cppgc/platform.cc b/src/heap/cppgc/platform.cc
index fd769ae469..ba5d2a18d0 100644
--- a/src/heap/cppgc/platform.cc
+++ b/src/heap/cppgc/platform.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
 namespace cppgc {
 namespace internal {
 
-void Abort() { v8::base::OS::Abort(); }
+void Fatal(const std::string& reason, const SourceLocation& loc) {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+  V8_Fatal(loc.FileName(), static_cast<int>(loc.Line()), "%s", reason.c_str());
+#else   // !DEBUG
+  V8_Fatal("%s", reason.c_str());
+#endif  // !DEBUG
+}
 
 void FatalOutOfMemoryHandler::operator()(const std::string& reason,
                                          const SourceLocation& loc) const {