diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a91cee1..4e38769 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ endif()
 
 set(pdal_defines_h_in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pdal_defines.h.in")
 set(pdal_defines_h "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/pdal/pdal_defines.h")
+include(CheckIncludeFiles)
+check_include_files(execinfo.h PDAL_HAVE_EXECINFO_H)
 configure_file(${pdal_defines_h_in} ${pdal_defines_h})
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/pdal.cpp b/apps/pdal.cpp
index 3193196..548ea4f 100644
--- a/apps/pdal.cpp
+++ b/apps/pdal.cpp
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ int App::execute(StringList& cmdArgs, LogPtr& log)
         log->setLevel(LogLevel::Debug);
     PluginManager::setLog(log);
 #ifndef _WIN32
+#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
     if (m_debug)
     {
         signal(SIGSEGV, [](int sig)
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ int App::execute(StringList& cmdArgs, LogPtr& log)
         });
     }
 #endif
+#endif
 
     m_command = Utils::tolower(m_command);
     if (!m_command.empty())
diff --git a/pdal/util/Utils.cpp b/pdal/util/Utils.cpp
index c2a9489..d0675c4 100644
--- a/pdal/util/Utils.cpp
+++ b/pdal/util/Utils.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
 #include <cxxabi.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>  // WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS
+#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
 #include <execinfo.h> // backtrace
+#endif
 #include <dlfcn.h> // dladdr
 #endif
 
@@ -605,6 +607,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> Utils::backtrace()
 {
     std::vector<std::string> lines;
 #ifndef WIN32
+#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
     const int MAX_STACK_SIZE(100);
     void* buffer[MAX_STACK_SIZE];
     std::vector<std::string> prefixes;
@@ -657,6 +660,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> Utils::backtrace()
         }
     }
 #endif
+#endif
     return lines;
 }
 
diff --git a/pdal_defines.h.in b/pdal_defines.h.in
index 77dca12..15e3932 100644
--- a/pdal_defines.h.in
+++ b/pdal_defines.h.in
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
 #cmakedefine PDAL_ARBITER_ENABLED
 
 /*
+ * availability of execinfo.h
+ */
+#cmakedefine PDAL_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+
+/*
  * Debug or Release build?
  */
 #define PDAL_BUILD_TYPE "@PDAL_BUILD_TYPE@"