diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb78844..9e9b381 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ option(gperftools_enable_libunwind
 set(enable_backtrace ${gperftools_enable_stacktrace_via_backtrace})
 set(enable_libunwind ${gperftools_enable_libunwind})
 
+option(gperftools_enable_libgcc_unwinder_by_default
+       "Prefer libgcc's _Unwind_Backtrace as default stacktrace capturing method"
+       OFF)
+set(PREFER_LIBGCC_UNWINDER ${gperftools_enable_libgcc_unwinder_by_default})
+
 set(gperftools_tcmalloc_pagesize ${default_tcmalloc_pagesize}
   CACHE STRING "Set the tcmalloc internal page size")
 set(allowed_page_sizes LIST "4;8;16;32;64;128;256")
diff --git a/cmake/config.h.in b/cmake/config.h.in
index a79aabb..6b61736 100644
--- a/cmake/config.h.in
+++ b/cmake/config.h.in
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/* if libgcc stacktrace method should be default */
+#cmakedefine PREFER_LIBGCC_UNWINDER
+
 /* Mark the systems where we know it's bad if pthreads runs too
    early before main (before threads are initialized, presumably).  */
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__