diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
index 7df1964ae8..cb5e4c44a2 100644
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ set_default() {
 	with_bfd_extra_debug="1"
 	with_self_gdb_debug="1"
 	with_self_lldb_debug="1"
+	with_sigaltstack="1"
 
 	save_params_array="
 		build
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ set_default() {
 		with_bfd_extra_debug
 		with_self_gdb_debug
 		with_self_lldb_debug
+		with_sigaltstack
 	CC CXX CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CFLAGS_BUILD CXXFLAGS_BUILD LDFLAGS_BUILD PKG_CONFIG_PATH PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
 }
 
@@ -491,6 +493,10 @@ detect_params() {
 			--with-self-lldb-debug)        with_self_lldb_debug="1";;
 			--with-self-lldb-debug=*)      with_self_lldb_debug="$optarg";;
 
+			--without-sigaltstack)        with_sigaltstack="0";;
+			--with-sigaltstack)           with_sigaltstack="1";;
+			--with-sigaltstack=*)         with_sigaltstack="$optarg";;
+
 			CC=* | --CC=*)                CC="$optarg";;
 			CXX=* | --CXX=*)              CXX="$optarg";;
 			CFLAGS=* | --CFLAGS=*)        CFLAGS="$optarg";;
@@ -1817,27 +1823,31 @@ EOL
 			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DWITH_UCONTEXT"
 		fi
 
-		log 2 "executing $cc_host $CFLAGS $CFLAGS_ENV $LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS_ENV $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.sigaltstack -x c++ - -ldl"
-		"$cc_host" $CFLAGS $CFLAGS_ENV $LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS_ENV $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.sigaltstack -x c++ - -ldl 2> /dev/null << EOL
-			#include <signal.h>
-			#include <stdlib.h>
-			int main() {
-				stack_t ss;
-				ss.ss_sp = calloc(SIGSTKSZ, 1);
-				ss.ss_size = SIGSTKSZ;
-				ss.ss_flags = 0;
-				sigaltstack(&ss, nullptr);
-				return 0;
-			}
+		if [ "$with_sigaltstack" = "1" ]; then
+			log 2 "executing $cc_host $CFLAGS $CFLAGS_ENV $LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS_ENV $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.sigaltstack -x c++ - -ldl"
+			"$cc_host" $CFLAGS $CFLAGS_ENV $LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS_ENV $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.sigaltstack -x c++ - -ldl 2> /dev/null << EOL
+				#include <signal.h>
+				#include <stdlib.h>
+				int main() {
+					stack_t ss;
+					ss.ss_sp = calloc(SIGSTKSZ, 1);
+					ss.ss_size = SIGSTKSZ;
+					ss.ss_flags = 0;
+					sigaltstack(&ss, nullptr);
+					return 0;
+				}
 EOL
-		ret=$?
-		rm -f tmp.config.sigaltstack
-		log 2 "  exit code $ret"
-		if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
-			log 1 "checking sigaltstack... no"
+			ret=$?
+			rm -f tmp.config.sigaltstack
+			log 2 "  exit code $ret"
+			if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+				log 1 "checking sigaltstack... no"
+			else
+				log 1 "checking sigaltstack... found"
+				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DWITH_SIGALTSTACK"
+			fi
 		else
-			log 1 "checking sigaltstack... found"
-			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DWITH_SIGALTSTACK"
+			log 1 "checking sigaltstack... disabled"
 		fi
 	fi