diff --git a/firebase-crashlytics/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/crashlytics/internal/common/CrashlyticsController.java b/firebase-crashlytics/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/crashlytics/internal/common/CrashlyticsController.java
index 5a1322fc9b6..8efd1c40187 100644
--- a/firebase-crashlytics/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/crashlytics/internal/common/CrashlyticsController.java
+++ b/firebase-crashlytics/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/crashlytics/internal/common/CrashlyticsController.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.persistence.FileStore;
 import com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.settings.Settings;
 import com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.settings.SettingsProvider;
+import com.google.firebase.sessions.api.CrashEventReceiver;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FilenameFilter;
@@ -189,6 +190,11 @@ synchronized void handleUncaughtException(
     Logger.getLogger()
         .d("Handling uncaught " + "exception \"" + ex + "\" from thread " + thread.getName());
 
+    // Notify the Firebase Sessions SDK that a fatal crash has occurred.
+    if (!isOnDemand) {
+      CrashEventReceiver.notifyCrashOccurred();
+    }
+
     // Capture the time that the crash occurs and close over it so that the time doesn't
     // reflect when we get around to executing the task later.
     final long timestampMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/firebase-sessions/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-sessions/CHANGELOG.md
index 70ad76eb6fe..d604327ca3d 100644
--- a/firebase-sessions/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-sessions/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Unreleased
-
+* [changed] Added internal api for Crashlytics to notify Sessions of crash events
 
 # 2.1.1
 * [unchanged] Updated to keep SDK versions aligned.
diff --git a/firebase-sessions/api.txt b/firebase-sessions/api.txt
index 5824e4febdf..58174fd4849 100644
--- a/firebase-sessions/api.txt
+++ b/firebase-sessions/api.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // Signature format: 3.0
 package com.google.firebase.sessions.api {
 
+  public final class CrashEventReceiver {
+    method public static void notifyCrashOccurred();
+    field public static final com.google.firebase.sessions.api.CrashEventReceiver INSTANCE;
+  }
+
   public final class FirebaseSessionsDependencies {
     method public static void addDependency(com.google.firebase.sessions.api.SessionSubscriber.Name subscriberName);
     method public static void register(com.google.firebase.sessions.api.SessionSubscriber subscriber);
diff --git a/firebase-sessions/gradle.properties b/firebase-sessions/gradle.properties
index f2704e85093..b6163415afe 100644
--- a/firebase-sessions/gradle.properties
+++ b/firebase-sessions/gradle.properties
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-version=2.1.3
+version=2.2.0
 latestReleasedVersion=2.1.2
diff --git a/firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/api/CrashEventReceiver.kt b/firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/api/CrashEventReceiver.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c40e96812e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/api/CrashEventReceiver.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.firebase.sessions.api
+
+/**
+ * Internal API used by Firebase Crashlytics to notify the Firebase Sessions SDK of fatal crashes.
+ *
+ * This object provides a static-like entry point that Crashlytics calls to inform Sessions a fatal
+ * crash has occurred.
+ */
+object CrashEventReceiver {
+  /**
+   * Notifies the Firebase Sessions SDK that a fatal crash has occurred.
+   *
+   * This method should be called by Firebase Crashlytics as soon as it detects a fatal crash. It
+   * safely processes the crash notification, treating the crash as a background event, to ensure
+   * that the session state is updated correctly.
+   *
+   * @see SharedSessionRepository.appBackground
+   */
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun notifyCrashOccurred() {
+    // TODO(mrober): Implement in #7039
+  }
+}