diff --git a/.unreleased/LLT-5944_tcpdump_coredump b/.unreleased/LLT-5944_tcpdump_coredump
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/nat-lab/bin/kill_process_by_natlab_id b/nat-lab/bin/kill_process_by_natlab_id
index 2922c2db9..71d006517 100644
--- a/nat-lab/bin/kill_process_by_natlab_id
+++ b/nat-lab/bin/kill_process_by_natlab_id
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]; then
-    echo "Wrong number of parameters"
+if [[ "$#" -lt 1 || "$#" -gt 2 ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <NATLAB_ID> [--SEGV]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 NATLAB_ID=$1
+SIGNAL="-TERM" # default SIGTERM
+
+# If the second argument is '--SEGV', send SIGSEGV (-11) to create a coredump
+if [[ "$2" == "--SEGV" ]]; then
+    SIGNAL="-SEGV"
+fi
 
 for pid in $(ps -e -o pid=); do
     if grep --null-data --text KILL_ID=${NATLAB_ID} /proc/${pid}/environ; then
         cmd=$(tr -d '\000' < /proc/${pid}/cmdline || echo "N/A")
-        echo "$(date) Killing ${pid} ${cmd}"
-        kill "${pid}"
+        echo "$(date) Killing ${pid} ${cmd} with $SIGNAL"
+        kill "${SIGNAL}" "${pid}"
         wait "${pid}" 2>/dev/null
         exit 0
     fi
 done
 
-echo "The process to kill not found"
+echo "The process to kill was not found: $NATLAB_ID"
diff --git a/nat-lab/tests/utils/tcpdump.py b/nat-lab/tests/utils/tcpdump.py
index 24aacf225..ab7c4978a 100644
--- a/nat-lab/tests/utils/tcpdump.py
+++ b/nat-lab/tests/utils/tcpdump.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from asyncio import Event, wait_for, sleep
 from config import WINDUMP_BINARY_WINDOWS
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, AsyncExitStack
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import AsyncIterator, Optional
 from utils.connection import TargetOS, Connection
 from utils.output_notifier import OutputNotifier
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.count = count
         self.stdout = ""
         self.stderr = ""
+        self.kill_id = "DO_NOT_KILL" + secrets.token_hex(8).upper() if session else None
 
         self.output_notifier.notify_output("listening on", self.start_event)
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ def __init__(
             # handle signals properly while `tcpdump -w file` is running, without writing
             # to file, everything works fine
             term_type="xterm" if self.connection.target_os == TargetOS.Mac else None,
-            kill_id="DO_NOT_KILL" + secrets.token_hex(8).upper() if session else None,
+            kill_id=self.kill_id,
         )
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -133,7 +135,25 @@ async def execute(self) -> None:
     @asynccontextmanager
     async def run(self) -> AsyncIterator["TcpDump"]:
         async with self.process.run(self.on_stdout, self.on_stderr, True):
-            await wait_for(self.start_event.wait(), 10)
+            try:
+                await wait_for(self.start_event.wait(), 0.2)
+            except TimeoutError as e:
+                print(
+                    datetime.now(),
+                    "tcpdump timed out, killing it to create a coredump 🗡️",
+                )
+                if self.connection.target_os != TargetOS.Windows:
+                    if self.kill_id:
+                        await self.connection.create_process([
+                            "/opt/bin/kill_process_by_natlab_id",
+                            str(self.kill_id),
+                            "--SEGV",
+                        ]).execute()
+                    else:
+                        await self.connection.create_process(
+                            ["killall", "-11", "tcpdump"]
+                        ).execute()
+                raise TimeoutError from e
             yield self
             # Windump takes so long to flush packets to stdout/file
             if self.connection.target_os == TargetOS.Windows: