diff --git a/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conandata.yml
index cc2aefc12ee3c..820fb5a41ff51 100644
--- a/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conandata.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ sources:
   "1.5":
     url: "https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp/archive/v1.5.tar.gz"
     sha256: "faf7d4fe7ca65117ed4fe7be9bff9628927bd95b49f71df63d5f99af233d1915"
+  "1.6":
+    url: "https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp/archive/v1.6.tar.gz"
+    sha256: "c654d0923d43f1cea23d086729673498e4741fb2457e806cfaeaea7b20c97c10"
 patches:
   "1.4":
     - patch_file: "patches/backward-cpp-1.4.patch"
@@ -25,3 +28,6 @@ patches:
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
     - patch_file: "patches/backward-cpp-1.5-mingw.patch"
       base_path: "source_subfolder"
+  "1.6":
+    - patch_file: "patches/backward-cpp-1.5.patch"
+      base_path: "source_subfolder"
diff --git a/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conanfile.py
index 9deb3a170b406..7bee789e46fba 100644
--- a/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/backward-cpp/all/conanfile.py
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ def validate(self):
         if self.settings.os not in self._supported_os():
             raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("upstream backward-cpp v{0} is not"
                 " supported in {1}.".format(self.version, self.settings.os))
-
+        if self.settings.compiler.get_safe("cppstd"):
+            tools.check_min_cppstd(self, 17)
+        if (self.settings.compiler == "gcc" or self.settings.compiler == "clang") and tools.Version(self.settings.compiler.version) <= 5:
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("Compiler version is not supported")
         if self.settings.os == "Macos" and \
                 not self._has_stack_details("backtrace_symbol"):
             raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("only stack_details=backtrace_symbol"
diff --git a/recipes/backward-cpp/config.yml b/recipes/backward-cpp/config.yml
index 21e5a85a81100..4db60009c1787 100644
--- a/recipes/backward-cpp/config.yml
+++ b/recipes/backward-cpp/config.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ versions:
     folder: all
   "1.5":
     folder: all
+  "1.6":
+    folder: all