diff --git a/app/errors.c b/app/errors.c
index bb9644c21a..d61743260a 100644
--- a/app/errors.c
+++ b/app/errors.c
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+/* Allowing backtrace() API. */
+#include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 
 #include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
@@ -442,7 +447,36 @@ gimp_get_stack_trace (void)
           g_free (gdb_stdout);
         }
     }
+#endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+  /* As a last resort, try using the backtrace() Linux API. It is a bit
+   * less fancy than gdb or lldb, which is why it is not given priority.
+   */
+  if (! trace)
+    {
+      void  *buffer[100];
+      char **symbols;
+      int    n_symbols;
+      int    i;
+
+      n_symbols = backtrace (buffer, 100);
+      symbols = backtrace_symbols (buffer, n_symbols);
+      if (symbols)
+        {
+          GString *gtrace = g_string_new (NULL);
+
+          for (i = 0; i < n_symbols; i++)
+            {
+              g_string_append (gtrace,
+                               (const gchar *) symbols[i]);
+              g_string_append_c (gtrace, '\n');
+            }
+          trace = g_string_free (gtrace, FALSE);
+
+          free (symbols);
+        }
+    }
 #endif
 
   return trace;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9aa5c16f37..0d7b4c1ed0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -909,6 +909,12 @@ if test "x$platform_win32" = "xyes"; then
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_EXCHNDL, test "x$ac_cv_lib_exchndl_ExcHndlSetLogFileNameA" = "xyes")
 
+###########################
+# Check for backtrace() API
+###########################
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([execinfo.h])
+
 ##########################################
 # Check for some special functions we need
 ##########################################