diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2f9106a57..3d3128d2b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, si
   endif
 endif
 
+# Used for backtraces on BSD
+execinfo_dep = cc.find_library('execinfo', required : false)
+
 # Atomic operations
 
 if get_option('atomic-arm-memory-barrier')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 0842db297..6bde61839 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ libpulsecommon = shared_library('pulsecommon-' + pa_version_major_minor,
   dependencies : [
     libm_dep, thread_dep, dl_dep, shm_dep, iconv_dep, sndfile_dep, dbus_dep,
     x11_dep, libsystemd_dep, glib_dep, gtk_dep, asyncns_dep, libintl_dep,
-    platform_dep, platform_socket_dep,
+    platform_dep, platform_socket_dep, execinfo_dep,
   ],
   implicit_include_directories : false)