diff --git a/dbus/sigsegv.c b/dbus/sigsegv.c
index 7216fcb7..ead08e7d 100644
--- a/dbus/sigsegv.c
+++ b/dbus/sigsegv.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
-#include <execinfo.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+# include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #ifndef NO_CPP_DEMANGLE
 char * __cxa_demangle(const char * __mangled_name, char * __output_buffer, size_t * __length, int * __status);
@@ -161,12 +163,16 @@ static void signal_segv(int signum, siginfo_t* info, void*ptr) {
         bp = (void**)bp[0];
     }
 #else
+# ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
     jack_error("Stack trace (non-dedicated):");
     sz = backtrace(bt, 20);
     strings = backtrace_symbols(bt, sz);
 
     for(i = 0; i < sz; ++i)
         jack_error("%s", strings[i]);
+# else
+    jack_error("Stack trace not available");
+# endif
 #endif
     jack_error("End of stack trace");
     exit (-1);
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index f7a15301..f0f16ded 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -488,6 +488,12 @@ def configure(conf):
         defines=['_GNU_SOURCE'],
         mandatory=False)
 
+    # Check for backtrace support
+    conf.check(
+        header_name='execinfo.h',
+        define_name='HAVE_EXECINFO_H',
+        mandatory=False)
+
     conf.recurse('common')
     if Options.options.dbus:
         conf.recurse('dbus')