diff --git a/src/crash/main.zig b/src/crash/main.zig
index 1ac971851..5f9aa96c5 100644
--- a/src/crash/main.zig
+++ b/src/crash/main.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 const dir = @import("dir.zig");
 const sentry_envelope = @import("sentry_envelope.zig");
 
+pub const minidump = @import("minidump.zig");
 pub const sentry = @import("sentry.zig");
 pub const Envelope = sentry_envelope.Envelope;
 pub const defaultDir = dir.defaultDir;
diff --git a/src/crash/minidump.zig b/src/crash/minidump.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caec0f1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crash/minidump.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+
+const log = std.log.scoped(.minidump);
+
+/// Minidump parser.
+pub const Minidump = struct {
+    header: Header,
+
+    /// Read the minidump file for the given source.
+    ///
+    /// The source must have a reader() and seekableStream() method.
+    /// For example, both File and std.io.FixedBufferStream implement these.
+    pub fn read(alloc: Allocator, source: anytype) !Minidump {
+        _ = alloc;
+
+        // Read the header which also determines the endianness of the file.
+        const header, const endian = try readHeader(source);
+        log.warn("header={} endian={}", .{ header, endian });
+
+        return .{
+            .header = header,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Reads the header for the minidump file and returns endianness of
+    /// the file.
+    fn readHeader(source: anytype) !struct { Header, std.builtin.Endian } {
+        // Start by trying LE.
+        var endian: std.builtin.Endian = .little;
+        var header = try source.reader().readStructEndian(Header, endian);
+
+        // If the signature doesn't match, we assume its BE.
+        if (header.signature != signature) {
+            // Seek back to the start of the file so we can reread.
+            try source.seekableStream().seekTo(0);
+
+            // Try BE, if the signature doesn't match, return an error.
+            endian = .big;
+            header = try source.reader().readStructEndian(Header, endian);
+            if (header.signature != signature) return error.InvalidHeader;
+        }
+
+        // "The low-order word is MINIDUMP_VERSION. The high-order word is an
+        // internal value that is implementation specific."
+        if (header.version.low != version) return error.InvalidVersion;
+
+        return .{ header, endian };
+    }
+};
+
+/// "MDMP" in little-endian.
+pub const signature = 0x504D444D;
+
+/// The version of the minidump format.
+pub const version = 0xA793;
+
+/// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/minidumpapiset/ns-minidumpapiset-minidump_header
+pub const Header = extern struct {
+    signature: u32,
+    version: packed struct(u32) { low: u16, high: u16 },
+    stream_count: u32,
+    stream_directory_rva: u32,
+    checksum: u32,
+    time_date_stamp: u32,
+    flags: u64,
+};
+
+test "Minidump read" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+    var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(@embedFile("testdata/macos.dmp"));
+    _ = try Minidump.read(alloc, &fbs);
+}
diff --git a/src/crash/testdata/macos.dmp b/src/crash/testdata/macos.dmp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5931c13a0
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