diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4118661130c..78fde0e3c2a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -88,3 +88,6 @@
 [submodule "ui/thirdparty/httplib"]
 	path = ui/thirdparty/httplib
 	url = https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib
+[submodule "thirdparty/backward-cpp"]
+	path = thirdparty/backward-cpp
+	url = git@github.com:bombela/backward-cpp.git
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a6fd6fa5a3b..4a3979bf341 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ if 'dtrace' in get_option('trace_backends')
   endif
 endif
 
+libunwind = dependency('libunwind', required : false, kwargs : static_kwargs)
+if libunwind.found()
+  add_global_arguments('-DBACKWARD_HAS_LIBUNWIND=1', language : 'cpp')
+endif
+
+libdw = dependency('libdw', required : false, kwargs: static_kwargs)
+if libdw.found()
+  add_global_arguments('-DBACKWARD_HAS_DW=1', language : 'cpp')
+endif
+
 if get_option('iasl') == ''
   iasl = find_program('iasl', required: false)
 else
@@ -192,6 +202,8 @@ endif
 qemu_ldflags += cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,-z,relro', '-Wl,-z,now')
 
 if targetos == 'windows'
+  # These are required for backward-cpp to produce a stack trace
+  qemu_ldflags += ['-ldbghelp', '-lucrt']
   qemu_ldflags += cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,--no-seh', '-Wl,--nxcompat')
   # Disable ASLR for debug builds to allow debugging with gdb
   if get_option('optimization') == '0'
@@ -3111,6 +3123,7 @@ subdir('hw')
 subdir('gdbstub')
 subdir('data')
 subdir('winpcap-loader')
+subdir('thirdparty')
 
 
 if enable_modules
diff --git a/thirdparty/backward-cpp b/thirdparty/backward-cpp
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..51f0700452c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/backward-cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 51f0700452cf71c57d43c2d028277b24cde32502
diff --git a/thirdparty/meson.build b/thirdparty/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6560ca0bada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+if libunwind.found()
+  softmmu_ss.add(libunwind)
+endif
+
+if libdw.found()
+  softmmu_ss.add(libdw)
+endif
+
+softmmu_ss.add(files(
+  'backward-cpp/backward.cpp'
+))