diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 46b128059..dce4f3211 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ dnl glibc backtrace support check (hw/xfree86/common/xf86Events.c)
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([execinfo.h],[
     AC_CHECK_LIB(c, backtrace, [
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BACKTRACE, 1, [Has backtrace support])
+        AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXECINFO_H, 1, [Have execinfo.h])
     ])]
 )
 
diff --git a/include/xorg-config.h.in b/include/xorg-config.h.in
index e43d1d13f..4a64522a7 100644
--- a/include/xorg-config.h.in
+++ b/include/xorg-config.h.in
@@ -109,4 +109,7 @@
 /* Name of the period field in struct kbd_repeat */
 #undef LNX_KBD_PERIOD_NAME
 
+/* Have execinfo.h */
+#undef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+
 #endif /* _XORG_CONFIG_H_ */