diff --git a/include/common/compat.h b/include/common/compat.h
index f46006e..331c324 100644
--- a/include/common/compat.h
+++ b/include/common/compat.h
@@ -207,6 +207,22 @@
 #define HA_HAVE_CRYPT_R
 #endif
 
+/* some backtrace() implementations are broken or incomplete, in this case we
+ * can replace them. We must not do it all the time as some are more accurate
+ * than ours.
+ */
+#ifdef USE_BACKTRACE
+#if defined(__aarch64__)
+/* on aarch64 at least from gcc-4.7.4 to 7.4.1 we only get a single entry, which
+ * is pointless. Ours works though it misses the faulty function itself,
+ * probably due to an alternate stack for the signal handler which does not
+ * create a new frame hence doesn't store the caller's return address.
+ */
+#else
+#define HA_HAVE_WORKING_BACKTRACE
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _COMMON_COMPAT_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/common/standard.h b/include/common/standard.h
index b278f08..a780833 100644
--- a/include/common/standard.h
+++ b/include/common/standard.h
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 #ifndef _COMMON_STANDARD_H
 #define _COMMON_STANDARD_H
 
+#ifdef USE_BACKTRACE
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -1487,6 +1492,31 @@
 int may_access(const void *ptr);
 void *resolve_sym_name(struct buffer *buf, const char *pfx, void *addr);
 
+#if defined(USE_BACKTRACE)
+/* Note that this may result in opening libgcc() on first call, so it may need
+ * to have been called once before chrooting.
+ */
+static forceinline int my_backtrace(void **buffer, int max)
+{
+#ifdef HA_HAVE_WORKING_BACKTRACE
+	return backtrace(buffer, max);
+#else
+	const struct frame {
+		const struct frame *next;
+		void *ra;
+	} *frame;
+	int count;
+
+	frame = __builtin_frame_address(0);
+	for (count = 0; count < max && may_access(frame) && may_access(frame->ra);) {
+		buffer[count++] = frame->ra;
+		frame = frame->next;
+	}
+	return count;
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
 /* same as realloc() except that ptr is also freed upon failure */
 static inline void *my_realloc2(void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index a16bd4f..1fbcde7 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
  */
 
 
-#ifdef USE_BACKTRACE
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#include <execinfo.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -105,7 +100,7 @@
 		void *addr;
 		int dump = 0;
 
-		nptrs = backtrace(callers, sizeof(callers)/sizeof(*callers));
+		nptrs = my_backtrace(callers, sizeof(callers)/sizeof(*callers));
 
 		/* The call backtrace_symbols_fd(callers, nptrs, STDOUT_FILENO)
 		   would produce similar output to the following: */
@@ -770,7 +765,7 @@
 	 * ready in memory for later use.
 	 */
 	void *callers[1];
-	backtrace(callers, sizeof(callers)/sizeof(*callers));
+	my_backtrace(callers, sizeof(callers)/sizeof(*callers));
 #endif
 	sa.sa_handler = NULL;
 	sa.sa_sigaction = debug_handler;