diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a8656fe94..221ee4089 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,13 +191,21 @@ if(NOT HAVE_LIBV4L1_VIDEODEV_H)
 endif(NOT HAVE_LIBV4L1_VIDEODEV_H)
 check_include_file("linux/videodev2.h" HAVE_LINUX_VIDEODEV2_H)
 check_include_file("execinfo.h" HAVE_EXECINFO_H)
+if (HAVE_EXECINFO_H)
+  check_function_exists("backtrace" HAVE_DECL_BACKTRACE)
+  if (NOT HAVE_DECL_BACKTRACE)
+    find_library (EXECINFO_LIBRARY NAMES execinfo)
+    if (EXECINFO_LIBRARY)
+        list(APPEND ZM_BIN_LIBS "-l${EXECINFO_LIBRARY}")
+    endif (EXECINFO_LIBRARY)
+  endif (NOT HAVE_DECL_BACKTRACE)
+  check_function_exists("backtrace_symbols" HAVE_DECL_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS)
+endif (HAVE_EXECINFO_H)
 check_include_file("ucontext.h" HAVE_UCONTEXT_H)
 check_include_file("sys/sendfile.h" HAVE_SYS_SENDFILE_H)
 check_include_file("sys/syscall.h" HAVE_SYS_SYSCALL_H)
 check_function_exists("syscall" HAVE_SYSCALL)
 check_function_exists("sendfile" HAVE_SENDFILE)
-check_function_exists("backtrace" HAVE_DECL_BACKTRACE)
-check_function_exists("backtrace_symbols" HAVE_DECL_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS)
 check_function_exists("posix_memalign" HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN)
 check_type_size("siginfo_t" HAVE_SIGINFO_T)
 check_type_size("ucontext_t" HAVE_UCONTEXT_T)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0bdb55fd5..a05248d1b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ fi
 fi
 AC_CHECK_DECLS(backtrace,,,[#include <execinfo.h>])
 AC_CHECK_DECLS(backtrace_symbols,,,[#include <execinfo.h>])
+AC_CHECK_LIB(execinfo,backtrace)
 
 AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS)