diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzTest/AzTest/AzTest.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzTest/AzTest/AzTest.cpp
index 3b809d2c96..baf80d8f83 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzTest/AzTest/AzTest.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzTest/AzTest/AzTest.cpp
@@ -99,10 +99,14 @@ namespace AZ
 
         void ApplyGlobalParameters(int* argc, char** argv)
         {
-            // this is a hook that can be used to apply any other global non-google parameters
-            // that we use.
+            // this is a hook that can be used to apply any other global parameters that we use.
             AZ_UNUSED(argc);
             AZ_UNUSED(argv);
+
+            // Disable gtest catching unhandled exceptions, instead, AzTestRunner will do it through:
+            // AZ::Debug::Trace::HandleExceptions(true). This gives us a stack trace when the exception
+            // is thrown (googletest does not).
+            testing::FLAGS_gtest_catch_exceptions = false;
         }
 
         //! Print out parameters that are not used by the framework
diff --git a/Code/Tools/AzTestRunner/src/main.cpp b/Code/Tools/AzTestRunner/src/main.cpp
index 0874efeff2..cdd1c97d04 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/AzTestRunner/src/main.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/AzTestRunner/src/main.cpp
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ namespace AzTestRunner
 
     int wrapped_main(int argc/*=0*/, char** argv/*=nullptr*/)
     {
+        AZ::Debug::Trace::HandleExceptions(true);
+
         if (argc>0 && argv!=nullptr)
         {
             return wrapped_command_arg_main(argc, argv);