diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index afd507574902a786447bd26ed368506177f290b1..3eda49215730b009c4ad1473d0c5f744a87a38d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -755,6 +755,14 @@ else
 	endif
 endif
 
+ifdef NO_BACKTRACE
+       BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_BACKTRACE
+else
+       ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_BACKTRACE),),y)
+               BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_BACKTRACE
+       endif
+endif
+
 ifdef ASCIIDOC8
 	export ASCIIDOC8
 endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak b/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak
index 2f1156a62ab7c1cf97aadc8631257ba88032e916..116690a669d271c98f4c308ad72e7e9eb9b0512b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak
@@ -179,3 +179,17 @@ int main(void)
 }
 endef
 endif
+
+ifndef NO_BACKTRACE
+define SOURCE_BACKTRACE
+#include <execinfo.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	backtrace(NULL, 0);
+	backtrace_symbols(NULL, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+endef
+endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 1b8775c3707d483676c170bbf67d220d8ef1c14a..2055cf38041ce24e071c4f5b95af42f6237bc8d7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#ifndef NO_BACKTRACE
 #include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ size_t hex_width(u64 v)
 }
 
 /* Obtain a backtrace and print it to stdout. */
+#ifndef NO_BACKTRACE
 void dump_stack(void)
 {
 	void *array[16];
@@ -177,3 +180,6 @@ void dump_stack(void)
 
 	free(strings);
 }
+#else
+void dump_stack(void) {}
+#endif