diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3a70ee31..995046089 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ build_config.mk
 *.jar
 *.*jnilib*
 *.d-e
+*.o-*
 
 ldb
 manifest_dump
diff --git a/db/db_bench.cc b/db/db_bench.cc
index ecf40b943..2b52032ca 100644
--- a/db/db_bench.cc
+++ b/db/db_bench.cc
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
 #include "rocksdb/perf_context.h"
 #include "port/port.h"
+#include "port/stack_trace.h"
 #include "util/crc32c.h"
 #include "util/histogram.h"
 #include "util/mutexlock.h"
 #include "util/random.h"
-#include "util/stack_trace.h"
 #include "util/string_util.h"
 #include "util/statistics.h"
 #include "util/testutil.h"
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ class Benchmark {
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  rocksdb::InstallStackTraceHandler();
+  rocksdb::port::InstallStackTraceHandler();
   google::SetUsageMessage(std::string("\nUSAGE:\n") + std::string(argv[0]) +
                           " [OPTIONS]...");
   google::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, true);
diff --git a/port/stack_trace.cc b/port/stack_trace.cc
index aa01fd0cf..9222ba438 100644
--- a/port/stack_trace.cc
+++ b/port/stack_trace.cc
@@ -3,9 +3,19 @@
 //  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
 //  of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 //
-#include "util/stack_trace.h"
+#include "port/stack_trace.h"
 
-#ifdef OS_LINUX
+namespace rocksdb {
+namespace port {
+
+#if defined(ROCKSDB_LITE) || !(defined(OS_LINUX) || defined(OS_MACOSX))
+
+// noop
+
+void InstallStackTraceHandler() {}
+void PrintStack(int first_frames_to_skip) {}
+
+#else
 
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -14,10 +24,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-namespace rocksdb {
+namespace {
 
-static const char* GetExecutableName()
-{
+#ifdef OS_LINUX
+const char* GetExecutableName() {
   static char name[1024];
 
   char link[1024];
@@ -31,38 +41,56 @@ static const char* GetExecutableName()
   }
 }
 
+void PrintStackTraceLine(const char* symbol, void* frame) {
+  static const char* executable = GetExecutableName();
+  if (symbol) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s ", symbol);
+  }
+  if (executable) {
+    // out source to addr2line, for the address translation
+    const int kLineMax = 256;
+    char cmd[kLineMax];
+    snprintf(cmd, kLineMax, "addr2line %p -e %s -f -C 2>&1", frame, executable);
+    auto f = popen(cmd, "r");
+    if (f) {
+      char line[kLineMax];
+      while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
+        line[strlen(line) - 1] = 0;  // remove newline
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\t", line);
+      }
+      pclose(f);
+    }
+  } else {
+    fprintf(stderr, " %p", frame);
+  }
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+}
+#elif OS_MACOSX
+
+void PrintStackTraceLine(const char* symbol, void* frame) {
+  // TODO(icanadi) demangle
+  if (symbol) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s ", symbol);
+  }
+  fprintf(stderr, " %p", frame);
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+}
+
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace
+
 void PrintStack(int first_frames_to_skip) {
   const int kMaxFrames = 100;
-  void *frames[kMaxFrames];
+  void* frames[kMaxFrames];
 
   auto num_frames = backtrace(frames, kMaxFrames);
   auto symbols = backtrace_symbols(frames, num_frames);
 
-  auto executable = GetExecutableName();
-
   for (int i = first_frames_to_skip; i < num_frames; ++i) {
     fprintf(stderr, "#%-2d  ", i - first_frames_to_skip);
-    if (symbols) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "%s ", symbols[i]);
-    }
-    if (executable) {
-      // out source to addr2line, for the address translation
-      const int kLineMax = 256;
-      char cmd[kLineMax];
-      sprintf(cmd, "addr2line %p -e %s -f -C 2>&1", frames[i], executable);
-      auto f = popen(cmd, "r");
-      if (f) {
-        char line[kLineMax];
-        while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
-          line[strlen(line) - 1] = 0; // remove newline
-          fprintf(stderr, "%s\t", line);
-        }
-        pclose(f);
-      }
-    } else {
-      fprintf(stderr, " %p", frames[i]);
-    }
-    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+    PrintStackTraceLine((symbols != nullptr) ? symbols[i] : nullptr, frames[i]);
   }
 }
 
@@ -85,18 +113,9 @@ void InstallStackTraceHandler() {
   signal(SIGABRT, StackTraceHandler);
 
   printf("Installed stack trace handler for SIGILL SIGSEGV SIGBUS SIGABRT\n");
-
 }
 
-}   // namespace rocksdb
+#endif
 
-#else // no-op for non-linux system for now
-
-namespace rocksdb {
-
-void InstallStackTraceHandler() {}
-void PrintStack(int first_frames_to_skip) {}
-
-}
-
-#endif // OS_LINUX
+}  // namespace port
+}  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/util/stack_trace.h b/port/stack_trace.h
similarity index 90%
rename from util/stack_trace.h
rename to port/stack_trace.h
index 3b06e1df0..8bc6c7d2e 100644
--- a/util/stack_trace.h
+++ b/port/stack_trace.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //
 #pragma once
 namespace rocksdb {
+namespace port {
 
 // Install a signal handler to print callstack on the following signals:
 // SIGILL SIGSEGV SIGBUS SIGABRT
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@ void InstallStackTraceHandler();
 // Prints stack, skips skip_first_frames frames
 void PrintStack(int first_frames_to_skip = 0);
 
-}   // namespace rocksdb
+}  // namespace port
+}  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/util/signal_test.cc b/util/signal_test.cc
index d3446818d..f51fa548e 100644
--- a/util/signal_test.cc
+++ b/util/signal_test.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
 //  of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 //
-#include "util/stack_trace.h"
+#include "port/stack_trace.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 
 namespace {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void f3() {
 }  // namespace
 
 int main() {
-  rocksdb::InstallStackTraceHandler();
+  rocksdb::port::InstallStackTraceHandler();
 
   f3();
 
diff --git a/util/testharness.h b/util/testharness.h
index f15917816..52c29848d 100644
--- a/util/testharness.h
+++ b/util/testharness.h
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sstream>
+#include "port/stack_trace.h"
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
 #include "util/random.h"
-#include "util/stack_trace.h"
 
 namespace rocksdb {
 namespace test {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Tester {
   ~Tester() {
     if (!ok_) {
       fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:%s\n", fname_, line_, ss_.str().c_str());
-      PrintStack(2);
+      port::PrintStack(2);
       exit(1);
     }
   }