diff --git a/vlib/builtin/builtin.v b/vlib/builtin/builtin.v
index 5272fdaf3d..56229667ce 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/builtin.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/builtin.v
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ pub fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames(skipframes int) {
 	}
 	$if linux {
 		$if !android {
+			$if glibc {
 			// backtrace is not available on Android.
-			if C.backtrace_symbols_fd != 0 {
+			//if C.backtrace_symbols_fd != 0 {
 				buffer := [100]byteptr
 				nr_ptrs := C.backtrace(*voidptr(buffer), 100)
 				nr_actual_frames := nr_ptrs-skipframes
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames(skipframes int) {
 				}
 				//C.backtrace_symbols_fd(*voidptr(&buffer[skipframes]), nr_actual_frames, 1)
 				return
-			}else{
+			}$else{
 				C.printf('backtrace_symbols_fd is missing, so printing backtraces is not available.\n')
 				C.printf('Some libc implementations like musl simply do not provide it.\n')
 			}