diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f78f376e..9e9286a5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CONFIGDIR, "/etc/iwd", [Configuration directory])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(linux/types.h linux/if_alg.h)
 
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE(execinfo.h)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(execinfo, backtrace)
+
 if (test "${enable_client}" != "no"); then
 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/readline.h, enable_readline=yes,
 			AC_MSG_ERROR(readline header files are required))
diff --git a/plugins/ofono.c b/plugins/ofono.c
index 58a60d3f..5d108de5 100644
--- a/plugins/ofono.c
+++ b/plugins/ofono.c
@@ -653,7 +653,9 @@ static void parse_modem(const char *path, struct l_dbus_message_iter *props)
 		 * has been seen to happen.
 		 */
 		l_error("modem %s already found", path);
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
 		__iwd_backtrace_print(2);
+#endif
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backtrace.c b/src/backtrace.c
index 759a8431..f7732a63 100644
--- a/src/backtrace.c
+++ b/src/backtrace.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <features.h>
 
-#ifdef __GLIBC__
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>