diff --git a/include/libtorrent/config.hpp b/include/libtorrent/config.hpp
index 91da131f0..789d39ff7 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/config.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/config.hpp
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #endif // TORRENT_USE_OPENSSL
 #endif // MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED
 
+// execinfo.h is available in the MacOS X 10.5 SDK.
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1050
+#define TORRENT_USE_EXECINFO 1
+#endif
+
 #endif // __APPLE__
 
 #else
@@ -212,6 +217,9 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define TORRENT_USE_IFCONF 1
 #define TORRENT_HAS_SALEN 0
 #define TORRENT_USE_POSIX_MEMALIGN 1
+#if __amd64__ || __i386__
+#define TORRENT_USE_EXECINFO 1
+#endif
 
 // ==== MINGW ===
 #elif defined __MINGW32__
@@ -363,6 +371,10 @@ inline int snprintf(char* buf, int len, char const* fmt, ...)
 #define TORRENT_USE_NETLINK 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef TORRENT_USE_EXECINFO
+#define TORRENT_USE_EXECINFO 0
+#endif
+
 #ifndef TORRENT_USE_SYSCTL
 #define TORRENT_USE_SYSCTL 0
 #endif
diff --git a/src/assert.cpp b/src/assert.cpp
index a821043e3..92a728a5f 100644
--- a/src/assert.cpp
+++ b/src/assert.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ std::string demangle(char const* name) { return name; }
 #include <signal.h>
 #include "libtorrent/version.hpp"
 
-// execinfo.h is available in the MacOS X 10.5 SDK.
-#if (defined __linux__ || (defined __APPLE__ && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1050))
+#if TORRENT_USE_EXECINFO
 #include <execinfo.h>
 
 TORRENT_EXPORT void print_backtrace(char* out, int len, int max_depth)