diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 66d0c218..336834c5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(cxxabi.h)
 AC_LANG_POP(C++)
 
 dnl  Common C functions
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getcwd _getcwd)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getcwd _getcwd backtrace_symbols)
 
 
 if test "${enable_debug}" = "yes"; then
diff --git a/src/base/assert.cpp b/src/base/assert.cpp
index f31c8250..1907b49f 100644
--- a/src/base/assert.cpp
+++ b/src/base/assert.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace lol
 
 void DumpStack()
 {
-#if defined HAVE_CXA_DEMANGLE
+#if defined HAVE_CXA_DEMANGLE && defined HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS
     /* Get current stack frames */
     void *stack_ptrs[50];
     size_t size = backtrace(stack_ptrs, 50);