diff --git a/src/svnqt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/svnqt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/svnqt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/svnqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
 set_property(TARGET svnqt APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS ${APR_CPP_FLAGS})
 set_property(TARGET svnqt PROPERTY CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
 
+if(Backtrace_FOUND)
+     target_include_directories(svnqt PUBLIC SYSTEM ${Backtrace_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+     target_link_libraries(svnqt PUBLIC ${Backtrace_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 if(WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(svnqt wsock32.lib)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/svnqt/cmake/FindSubversion.cmake b/src/svnqt/cmake/FindSubversion.cmake
--- a/src/svnqt/cmake/FindSubversion.cmake
+++ b/src/svnqt/cmake/FindSubversion.cmake
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^ +" "" APU_EXTRA_LDFLAGS "${APU_EXTRA_LDFLAGS}")
   message(STATUS "Found apu extra ldflags: ${APU_EXTRA_LDFLAGS}")
 
-  check_include_files(execinfo.h HAS_BACKTRACE_H)
-  if(HAS_BACKTRACE_H)
+  find_package(Backtrace)
+  if(Backtrace_FOUND)
+    set(HAS_BACKTRACE_H true)
     option(USE_BACKTRACE "Generate a backtrace when a svnclient exception is thrown" OFF)
   endif()