diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df781f52cdd..79995418afc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ if(LLVM_ENABLE_TIMESTAMPS)
   set(ENABLE_TIMESTAMPS 1)
 endif()
 
+option(LLVM_ENABLE_BACKTRACES "Enable embedding backtraces on crash." ON)
+if(LLVM_ENABLE_BACKTRACES)
+  set(ENABLE_BACKTRACES 1)
+endif()
+
 option(LLVM_ENABLE_FFI "Use libffi to call external functions from the interpreter" OFF)
 set(FFI_LIBRARY_DIR "" CACHE PATH "Additional directory, where CMake should search for libffi.so")
 set(FFI_INCLUDE_DIR "" CACHE PATH "Additional directory, where CMake should search for ffi.h or ffi/ffi.h")
diff --git a/include/llvm/Config/config.h.cmake b/include/llvm/Config/config.h.cmake
index eb20b6470b3..ac760f911a0 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Config/config.h.cmake
+++ b/include/llvm/Config/config.h.cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 /* Default <path> to all compiler invocations for --sysroot=<path>. */
 #undef DEFAULT_SYSROOT
 
+/* Define if you want backtraces on crash */
+#cmakedefine ENABLE_BACKTRACES
+
 /* Define if position independent code is enabled */
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_PIC
 
diff --git a/lib/Support/Unix/Signals.inc b/lib/Support/Unix/Signals.inc
index 7d161a6a056..cf64fa8f385 100644
--- a/lib/Support/Unix/Signals.inc
+++ b/lib/Support/Unix/Signals.inc
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void llvm::sys::AddSignalHandler(void (*FnPtr)(void *), void *Cookie) {
 // On glibc systems we have the 'backtrace' function, which works nicely, but
 // doesn't demangle symbols.
 static void PrintStackTrace(void *) {
-#if defined(HAVE_BACKTRACE) && defined(ENABLE_BACKTRACE)
+#if defined(HAVE_BACKTRACE) && defined(ENABLE_BACKTRACES)
   static void* StackTrace[256];
   // Use backtrace() to output a backtrace on Linux systems with glibc.
   int depth = backtrace(StackTrace,