diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 33292b3..8fe767c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ verbose_csrf_middleware==1.0.*
 ecma426>=0.2.0
 djangorestframework==3.16.*
 drf-spectacular[sidecar]
+symbolic==8.7.2  # the last version to support ProcessState (i.e. minidump parsing)
diff --git a/sentry/minidump.py b/sentry/minidump.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f15379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry/minidump.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# copied from:
+# https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/blob/f0ac91f2ec6b45ad18e5eea6df72c5c72573e964/src/sentry/models/minidump.py#L53
+# with (as it stands) minor modifications.
+
+import logging
+from symbolic import ProcessState
+
+
+LOG_LEVELS = {
+    logging.NOTSET: "sample",
+    logging.DEBUG: "debug",
+    logging.INFO: "info",
+    logging.WARNING: "warning",
+    logging.ERROR: "error",
+    logging.FATAL: "fatal",
+}
+
+LOG_LEVELS_MAP = {v: k for k, v in LOG_LEVELS.items()}
+
+
+def merge_minidump_event(data, minidump_path):
+    state = ProcessState.from_minidump(minidump_path)
+
+    data['level'] = LOG_LEVELS_MAP['fatal'] if state.crashed else LOG_LEVELS_MAP['info']
+    data['message'] = 'Assertion Error: %s' % state.assertion if state.assertion \
+        else 'Fatal Error: %s' % state.crash_reason
+
+    if state.timestamp:
+        data['timestamp'] = float(state.timestamp)
+
+    # Extract as much system information as we can. TODO: We should create
+    # a custom context and implement a specific minidump view in the event
+    # UI.
+    info = state.system_info
+    context = data.setdefault('contexts', {})
+    os = context.setdefault('os', {})
+    device = context.setdefault('device', {})
+    os['name'] = info.os_name
+    os['version'] = info.os_version
+    device['arch'] = info.cpu_family
+
+    # We can extract stack traces here already but since CFI is not
+    # available yet (without debug symbols), the stackwalker will
+    # resort to stack scanning which yields low-quality results. If
+    # the user provides us with debug symbols, we will reprocess this
+    # minidump and add improved stacktraces later.
+    threads = [{
+        'id': thread.thread_id,
+        'crashed': False,
+        'stacktrace': {
+            'frames': [{
+                'instruction_addr': '0x%x' % frame.instruction,
+                'function': '<unknown>',  # Required by interface
+            } for frame in thread.frames()],
+        },
+    } for thread in state.threads()]
+    data.setdefault('threads', {})['values'] = threads
+
+    # Mark the crashed thread and add its stacktrace to the exception
+    crashed_thread = threads[state.requesting_thread]
+    crashed_thread['crashed'] = True
+
+    # Extract the crash reason and infos
+    exception = {
+        'value': data['message'],
+        'thread_id': crashed_thread['id'],
+        'type': state.crash_reason,
+        # Move stacktrace here from crashed_thread (mutating!)
+        'stacktrace': crashed_thread.pop('stacktrace'),
+    }
+
+    data.setdefault('exception', {}) \
+        .setdefault('values', []) \
+        .append(exception)
+
+    # Extract referenced (not all loaded) images
+    images = [{
+        'type': 'apple',  # Required by interface
+        # 'uuid': module.uuid, NO_BANANA
+        'image_addr': module.addr,
+        'image_size': module.size,
+        # 'name': module.name, NO_BANANA
+    } for module in state.modules()]
+    data.setdefault('debug_meta', {})['images'] = images