diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4 b/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4
index b7210e09d89..15b3d74ffb7 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/acinclude.m4
@@ -5481,7 +5481,10 @@ BACKTRACE_CPPFLAGS="$BACKTRACE_CPPFLAGS -DBACKTRACE_ELF_SIZE=$elfsize"
 
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build libbacktrace support])
   if test "$enable_libstdcxx_backtrace" = "auto"; then
-    enable_libstdcxx_backtrace="$is_hosted"
+    case "$host" in
+      avr-*-*) enable_libstdcxx_backtrace=no ;;
+      *) enable_libstdcxx_backtrace="$is_hosted" ;;
+    esac
   fi
   AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_libstdcxx_backtrace)
   if test "$enable_libstdcxx_backtrace" = "yes"; then
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/configure b/libstdc++-v3/configure
index dcb9fd6158c..22cb5b02d74 100755
--- a/libstdc++-v3/configure
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/configure
@@ -73156,7 +73156,10 @@ BACKTRACE_CPPFLAGS="$BACKTRACE_CPPFLAGS -DBACKTRACE_ELF_SIZE=$elfsize"
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to build libbacktrace support" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether to build libbacktrace support... " >&6; }
   if test "$enable_libstdcxx_backtrace" = "auto"; then
-    enable_libstdcxx_backtrace="$is_hosted"
+    case "$host" in
+      avr-*-*) enable_libstdcxx_backtrace=no ;;
+      *) enable_libstdcxx_backtrace="$is_hosted" ;;
+    esac
   fi
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $enable_libstdcxx_backtrace" >&5
 $as_echo "$enable_libstdcxx_backtrace" >&6; }