diff --git a/errtracker/errtracker.go b/errtracker/errtracker.go
index cf756b42be4..6f44b210524 100644
--- a/errtracker/errtracker.go
+++ b/errtracker/errtracker.go
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ func snapConfineProfileDigest(suffix string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum(profileText))
 }
 
+func didSnapdReExec() string {
+	if osutil.GetenvBool("SNAP_DID_REEXEC") {
+		return "yes"
+	}
+	return "no"
+}
+
 func Report(snap, errMsg, dupSig string, extra map[string]string) (string, error) {
 	if CrashDbURLBase == "" {
 		return "", nil
@@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ func Report(snap, errMsg, dupSig string, extra map[string]string) (string, error
 
 		"SnapConfineAppArmorProfileCurrentMD5Sum": snapConfineProfileDigest(""),
 		"SnapConfineAppArmorProfileDpkgNewMD5Sum": snapConfineProfileDigest(".dpkg-new"),
+
+		"DidSnapdReExec": didSnapdReExec(),
 	}
 	for k, v := range extra {
 		// only set if empty
diff --git a/errtracker/errtracker_test.go b/errtracker/errtracker_test.go
index ba4f2de6952..906540f0989 100644
--- a/errtracker/errtracker_test.go
+++ b/errtracker/errtracker_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func (s *ErrtrackerTestSuite) SetUpTest(c *C) {
 	s.AddCleanup(errtracker.MockMachineIDPaths([]string{p}))
 	s.AddCleanup(errtracker.MockHostSnapd(truePath))
 	s.AddCleanup(errtracker.MockCoreSnapd(falsePath))
+	s.AddCleanup(errtracker.MockReExec(true))
 
 	p = filepath.Join(d, "usr.lib.snapd.snap-confine.real")
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(p, []byte("# fake profile of snap-confine"), 0644)
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ func (s *ErrtrackerTestSuite) TestReport(c *C) {
 
 				"SnapConfineAppArmorProfileCurrentMD5Sum": "7a7aa5f21063170c1991b84eb8d86de1",
 				"SnapConfineAppArmorProfileDpkgNewMD5Sum": "93b885adfe0da089cdf634904fd59f71",
+
+				"DidSnapdReExec": "yes",
 			})
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "c14388aa-f78d-11e6-8df0-fa163eaf9b83 OOPSID")
 		case 1:
diff --git a/errtracker/export_test.go b/errtracker/export_test.go
index e051e43a536..387a988ff4b 100644
--- a/errtracker/export_test.go
+++ b/errtracker/export_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 package errtracker
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/snapcore/snapd/osutil"
 )
 
 func MockCrashDbURL(url string) (restorer func()) {
@@ -70,3 +73,19 @@ func MockSnapConfineApparmorProfile(path string) (restorer func()) {
 		snapConfineProfile = old
 	}
 }
+
+func MockReExec(didReExec bool) (restorer func()) {
+	old := osutil.GetenvBool("SNAP_DID_REEXEC")
+	if didReExec {
+		os.Setenv("SNAP_DID_REEXEC", "1")
+	} else {
+		os.Unsetenv("SNAP_DID_REEXEC")
+	}
+	return func() {
+		if old {
+			os.Setenv("SNAP_DID_REEXEC", "1")
+		} else {
+			os.Unsetenv("SNAP_DID_REEXEC")
+		}
+	}
+}