diff --git a/CMake/CheckBacktrace.cmake b/CMake/CheckBacktrace.cmake
index c4fce9f6..4165108f 100644
--- a/CMake/CheckBacktrace.cmake
+++ b/CMake/CheckBacktrace.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-find_package(Backtrace)
+if(ENABLE_BACKTRACE)
+    find_package(Backtrace)
+endif()
 if(Backtrace_FOUND)
     configure_set(HAVE_BACKTRACE 1)
     configure_define_header(Backtrace_HEADER)
diff --git a/CMakeConfig.txt b/CMakeConfig.txt
index 2a8617f1..f3849a67 100644
--- a/CMakeConfig.txt
+++ b/CMakeConfig.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ set(ENABLE_SANITIZERS "$ENV{ENABLE_SANITIZERS}"
         CACHE STRING "sanitizers to enable (e.g. address;undefined ...)")
 option(ENABLE_SASL          "enable SASL support"
         $ENV{ENABLE_SASL})
+if(NOT DEFINED ENV{ENABLE_BACKTRACE})
+    set(ENV{ENABLE_BACKTRACE} ON)
+endif()
+option(ENABLE_BACKTRACE     "enable backtrace support"
+        $ENV{ENABLE_BACKTRACE})
 option(ENABLE_DTRACE        "enable dtrace support"
         $ENV{ENABLE_DTRACE})
 option(ENABLE_HASH_HSIEH    "enable hsieh hash support"