diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp
index 24640c1863..9d978ddd52 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <components/lua/luastate.hpp>
 #include <components/queries/luabindings.hpp>
 
+#include "../mwbase/environment.hpp"
+#include "../mwbase/statemanager.hpp"
 #include "../mwworld/inventorystore.hpp"
 
 #include "eventqueue.hpp"
@@ -31,7 +33,13 @@ namespace MWLua
     {
         auto* lua = context.mLua;
         sol::table api(lua->sol(), sol::create);
-        api["API_REVISION"] = 2;
+        api["API_REVISION"] = 3;
+        api["quit"] = [lua]()
+        {
+            std::string traceback = lua->sol()["debug"]["traceback"]().get<std::string>();
+            Log(Debug::Warning) << "Quit requested by a Lua script.\n" << traceback;
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager()->requestQuit();
+        };
         api["sendGlobalEvent"] = [context](std::string eventName, const sol::object& eventData)
         {
             context.mGlobalEventQueue->push_back({std::move(eventName), LuaUtil::serialize(eventData, context.mSerializer)});
diff --git a/components/lua/luastate.cpp b/components/lua/luastate.cpp
index 753e3369f6..1b52db11ad 100644
--- a/components/lua/luastate.cpp
+++ b/components/lua/luastate.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ namespace LuaUtil
 
     LuaState::LuaState(const VFS::Manager* vfs) : mVFS(vfs)
     {
-        mLua.open_libraries(sol::lib::base, sol::lib::coroutine, sol::lib::math, sol::lib::string, sol::lib::table);
+        mLua.open_libraries(sol::lib::base, sol::lib::coroutine, sol::lib::math,
+                            sol::lib::string, sol::lib::table, sol::lib::debug);
 
         mLua["math"]["randomseed"](static_cast<unsigned>(std::time(nullptr)));
         mLua["math"]["randomseed"] = sol::nil;
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
index 040e6968dd..affd052700 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 -- The revision of OpenMW Lua API. It is an integer that is incremented every time the API is changed.
 -- @field [parent=#core] #number API_REVISION
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Terminates the game and quits to the OS. Should be used only for testing purposes.
+-- @function [parent=#core] quit
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Send an event to global scripts.
 -- @function [parent=#core] sendGlobalEvent