diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 674d7402..03757773 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ void uwsgi_plugins_atexit(void) {
 
 void uwsgi_backtrace(int depth) {
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(UWSGI_HAS_EXECINFO)
 
 #include <execinfo.h>
 
diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index 3954b1b0..49861f16 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ class uConf(object):
         if self.has_include('ifaddrs.h'):
             self.cflags.append('-DUWSGI_HAS_IFADDRS')
 
+        if uwsgi_os == 'FreeBSD':
+            if self.has_include('execinfo.h') or os.path.exists('/usr/local/include/execinfo.h'):
+                self.cflags.append('-DUWSGI_HAS_EXECINFO')
+                self.libs.append('-lexecinfo')
+
         if uwsgi_os == 'SunOS':
             self.libs.append('-lsendfile')
             self.gcc_list.append('lib/sun_fixes')