diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43ef080e1..3f5075505 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ check_include_file( "termio.h" HAVE_TERMIO_H )
 check_include_file( "unistd.h" HAVE_UNISTD_H )
 check_include_file( "util.h" HAVE_UTIL_H )
 check_include_file( "values.h" HAVE_VALUES_H )
+check_include_file( "demangle.h" HAVE_DEMANGLE_H )
 
 # FIXME I'm not sure if test TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME are correct
 check_include_file( "sys/time.h" HAVE_SYS_TIME_H )
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 30402b1f8..59dc20622 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <values.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_VALUES_H 1
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <demangle.h> header file from binutils package. */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_DEMANGLE_H 1
+
 /* Define, to enable volume management (Solaris 2.x), if you have -lvolmgt */
 #undef HAVE_VOLMGT
 
diff --git a/kio/kio/CMakeLists.txt b/kio/kio/CMakeLists.txt
index 17d33feb2..ebc7dc2ed 100644
--- a/kio/kio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kio/kio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,13 +80,18 @@ set( ${target}_SRCS
   kdirnotify.cpp kdirnotify.skel kdirnotify_stub.cpp
   observer.cpp ../misc/uiserver.stub observer.skel kemailsettings.cpp
   kprotocolinfo.cpp renamedlg.cpp skipdlg.cpp kremoteencoding.cpp
-  kmimetypechooser.cpp backtrace_symbols.c
+  kmimetypechooser.cpp
 )
 
+if( HAVE_BACKTRACE AND HAVE_DEMANGLE_H )
+  list( APPEND ${target}_SRCS backtrace_symbols.c )
+  set( BACKTRACE_LIBRARY bfd )
+endif( )
+
 tde_add_library( ${target} STATIC_PIC AUTOMOC
   SOURCES ${${target}_SRCS}
   DEPENDENCIES dcopidl
-  LINK bfd
+  LINK ${BACKTRACE_LIBRARY}
 )
 
 
diff --git a/kio/kio/slavebase.cpp b/kio/kio/slavebase.cpp
index fca510744..a975fd7bc 100644
--- a/kio/kio/slavebase.cpp
+++ b/kio/kio/slavebase.cpp
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
+#ifndef NDEBUG 
 void print_trace()
 {
+#if	defined(HAVE_BACKTRACE) && defined(HAVE_DEMANGLE_H)
 	void *array[10];
 	size_t size;
 	char **strings;
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ void print_trace()
 	}
 
 	free (strings);
+#endif // defined(HAVE_BACKTRACE) && defined(HAVE_DEMANGLE_H)
 }
-#endif
-#endif
+#endif // NDEBUG
 
 using namespace KIO;
 
@@ -765,9 +765,7 @@ void SlaveBase::sigsegv_handler(int sig)
     snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "kioslave: ####### CRASH ###### protocol = %s pid = %d signal = %d\n", s_protocol, getpid(), sig);
     write(2, buffer, strlen(buffer));
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
     print_trace();
-#endif
 #endif
     ::exit(1);
 #endif