diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 05eda83c5..ae3f5f056 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -84,5 +84,18 @@
             android:name=".SettingsActivity"
             android:label="@string/title_activity_settings" >
         </activity>
+        <activity
+            android:name=".PanicResponderActivity"
+            android:launchMode="singleInstance"
+            android:noHistory="true"
+            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoDisplay">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="info.guardianproject.panic.action.TRIGGER" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ExitActivity"
+            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoDisplay" />
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ExitActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ExitActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c193ffbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ExitActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+package org.schabi.newpipe;
+
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+
+public class ExitActivity extends Activity {
+
+    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
+            finishAndRemoveTask();
+        } else {
+            finish();
+        }
+
+        System.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    public static void exitAndRemoveFromRecentApps(Activity activity) {
+        Intent intent = new Intent(activity, ExitActivity.class);
+
+        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK
+                | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS
+                | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK
+                | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
+
+        activity.startActivity(intent);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/PanicResponderActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/PanicResponderActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9bf0e985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/PanicResponderActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+package org.schabi.newpipe;
+
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+
+public class PanicResponderActivity extends Activity {
+
+    public static final String PANIC_TRIGGER_ACTION = "info.guardianproject.panic.action.TRIGGER";
+
+    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+
+        Intent intent = getIntent();
+        if (intent != null && PANIC_TRIGGER_ACTION.equals(intent.getAction())) {
+            // TODO explicitly clear the search results once they are restored when the app restarts
+            // or if the app reloads the current video after being killed, that should be cleared also
+            ExitActivity.exitAndRemoveFromRecentApps(this);
+        }
+
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
+            finishAndRemoveTask();
+        } else {
+            finish();
+        }
+    }
+}