diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0a15e22..2cd8c3a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - [#859]: `defmt`: Satisfy clippy
 - [#858]: `defmt`: Implement "passthrough" trait impls for *2Format wrappers
 - [#857]: Add an octal display hint (`:o`)
+- [#856]: `defmt`: Add a `Format` impl for `PanicInfo` and related types.
 - [#855]: `defmt-print`: Now uses tokio to make tcp and stdin reads async (in preparation for a `watch elf` flag)
 - [#852]: `CI`: Update mdbook to v0.4.40
 - [#848]: `decoder`: add optional one-line format
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 [#859]: https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt/pull/859
 [#858]: https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt/pull/858
 [#857]: https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt/pull/857
+[#856]: https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt/pull/856
 [#855]: https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt/pull/855
 [#852]: https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt/pull/852
 [#848]: https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt/pull/848
diff --git a/defmt/src/impls/core_/mod.rs b/defmt/src/impls/core_/mod.rs
index c9b3c770..b005ca57 100644
--- a/defmt/src/impls/core_/mod.rs
+++ b/defmt/src/impls/core_/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mod cell;
 mod net;
 mod num;
 mod ops;
+mod panic;
 mod ptr;
 mod slice;
 
diff --git a/defmt/src/impls/core_/panic.rs b/defmt/src/impls/core_/panic.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78a56d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defmt/src/impls/core_/panic.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use core::panic;
+
+use super::*;
+
+impl<'a> Format for panic::PanicInfo<'a> {
+    fn format(&self, f: Formatter) {
+        if let Some(location) = self.location() {
+            crate::write!(f, "panicked at {}", location);
+        } else {
+            crate::write!(f, "panicked");
+        }
+        // TODO: consider supporting self.message() once stabilized, or add a crate feature for
+        // conditional support
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Format for panic::Location<'a> {
+    fn format(&self, f: Formatter) {
+        crate::write!(
+            f,
+            "{=str}:{=u32}:{=u32}",
+            self.file(),
+            self.line(),
+            self.column()
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/firmware/qemu/src/bin/panic_info.out b/firmware/qemu/src/bin/panic_info.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f76222f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/qemu/src/bin/panic_info.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INFO PanicInfo: panicked at qemu/src/bin/panic_info.rs:14:5
diff --git a/firmware/qemu/src/bin/panic_info.rs b/firmware/qemu/src/bin/panic_info.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f260cd99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/qemu/src/bin/panic_info.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#![no_std]
+#![no_main]
+
+use core::panic;
+use cortex_m_semihosting::debug;
+
+use defmt_semihosting as _; // global logger
+
+#[cortex_m_rt::entry]
+fn main() -> ! {
+    // Note: this test is a bit brittle in that the line/column number of the following panic is
+    // included in the test snapshot.  Hence, be mindful to update the snapshot if you want to
+    // add any additional code to this file above the following line!
+    panic!("aaah!")
+}
+
+#[panic_handler]
+fn panic(panic_info: &panic::PanicInfo) -> ! {
+    defmt::info!("PanicInfo: {=?}", panic_info);
+    loop {
+        debug::exit(debug::EXIT_SUCCESS)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/xtask/src/snapshot.rs b/xtask/src/snapshot.rs
index f19e4181..bfcf950d 100644
--- a/xtask/src/snapshot.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/snapshot.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub(crate) fn all_snapshot_tests() -> Vec<&'static str> {
         "hints_inner",
         "dbg",
         "net",
+        "panic_info",
     ];
     const NIGHTLY_SNAPSHOT_TESTS: &[&str] = &["alloc"];