diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KAssert.cpp b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KAssert.cpp
index a8a77d21866..b1a8639f2e1 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KAssert.cpp
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KAssert.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,27 @@ using namespace kotlin;
 
 namespace {
 
+THREAD_LOCAL_VARIABLE bool assertionReportInProgress = false;
+
 void PrintAssert(bool allowStacktrace, const char* location, const char* format, std::va_list args) noexcept {
+    if (assertionReportInProgress) {
+        // WARNING: avoid anything that can assert ar panic here
+        konan::consoleErrorf("An attempt to report an assertion lead to another failure:\n");
+        // now try to print the information we have in the simplest way possible
+        if (location != nullptr) {
+            konan::consoleErrorf("%s: ", location);
+        }
+        // do not bother with format string expansion
+        konan::consoleErrorf("%s\n", format);
+        return;
+    }
+    AutoReset recursionGuard(&assertionReportInProgress, true);
+
     std::array<char, 1024> bufferStorage;
     std_support::span<char> buffer(bufferStorage);
 
+    buffer = FormatToSpan(buffer, "[tid#%d] ", konan::currentThreadId());
+
     // Write the title with a source location.
     if (location != nullptr) {
         buffer = FormatToSpan(buffer, "%s: runtime assert: ", location);