diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d379b3af5..5f086884f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -315,6 +315,19 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([execinfo.h],[
     ])]
 )
 
+dnl ARM needs additional compiler flags for proper backtraces if GCC is
+dnl used. Compile a dummy program with the -mapcs-frame option. If it
+dnl succeeds, we know that we are building for ARM with GCC.
+old_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="-mapcs-frame"
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+        AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[ ]]),
+        ARM_BACKTRACE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS",
+        ARM_BACKTRACE_CFLAGS=""
+)
+CFLAGS="$old_CFLAGS"
+AC_SUBST(ARM_BACKTRACE_CFLAGS)
+
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Bus options and CPU capabilities.  Replaces logic in
 dnl hw/xfree86/os-support/bus/Makefile.am, among others.
diff --git a/os/Makefile.am b/os/Makefile.am
index 66a4a0f75..3e4f2c591 100644
--- a/os/Makefile.am
+++ b/os/Makefile.am
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libos.la
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libos.la liblog.la
 
 AM_CFLAGS = $(DIX_CFLAGS) $(SHA1_CFLAGS)
 
 SECURERPC_SRCS = rpcauth.c
 XDMCP_SRCS = xdmcp.c
 STRLCAT_SRCS = strlcat.c strlcpy.c
-XORG_SRCS = log.c
+
+# Build a convenience library liblog.la that will be added into
+# libos.la. The split is done so that log.c can be built with
+# different compiler options.
+liblog_la_SOURCES = log.c
+# Add flags needed for proper backtraces of functions marked with GCC
+# __attribute__((noreturn)). Currently those flags are needed for
+# FatalError and AbortServer in log.c.
+liblog_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(ARM_BACKTRACE_CFLAGS)
 
 libos_la_SOURCES = 	\
 	WaitFor.c	\
@@ -24,9 +32,8 @@ libos_la_SOURCES = 	\
 	xdmauth.c	\
 	xsha1.c		\
 	xstrans.c	\
-	xprintf.c	\
-	$(XORG_SRCS)
-libos_la_LIBADD = @SHA1_LIBS@ $(DLOPEN_LIBS)
+	xprintf.c
+libos_la_LIBADD = @SHA1_LIBS@ $(DLOPEN_LIBS) liblog.la
 
 if SECURE_RPC
 libos_la_SOURCES += $(SECURERPC_SRCS)