--- a/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/signature.cpp
+++ b/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/signature.cpp
@@ -473,12 +473,15 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // a stack trace for linux-like platforms
 #include <stdio.h>
+#if defined(__GLIBC__)
 #include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 void handler(int sig) {
+#if defined(__GLIBC__)
     void *array[30];
     size_t size;
 
@@ -486,8 +489,13 @@
     size = backtrace(array, 30);
 
     // print out all the frames to stderr
+#endif
     fprintf(stderr, "Error: signal %d:\n", sig);
+#if defined(__GLIBC__)
     backtrace_symbols_fd(array, size, STDERR_FILENO);
+#else
+    fprintf(stderr, "sorry, no backtrace on musl libc\n");
+#endif
     exit(1);
 }