diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55a4ad8bb..09a60e3c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -684,12 +684,18 @@ $(ALL_TEST_PROGRAMS) $(ALL_FUZZ_TARGETS): %: %.o
 # (as per EXTERNAL_LDLIBS) so we filter them out here.
 $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(ALL_TEST_PROGRAMS):
 	@$(call VERBOSE, "ld $@", $(LINK.o) $(filter-out %.a,$^) $(LOADLIBES) $(EXTERNAL_LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS) libccan.a $($(@)_LDLIBS) -o $@)
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+	@$(call VERBOSE, "dsymutil $@", dsymutil $@)
+endif
 
 # We special case the fuzzing target binaries, as they need to link against libfuzzer,
 # which brings its own main().
 FUZZ_LDFLAGS = -fsanitize=fuzzer
 $(ALL_FUZZ_TARGETS):
 	@$(call VERBOSE, "ld $@", $(LINK.o) $(filter-out %.a,$^) $(LOADLIBES) $(EXTERNAL_LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS) libccan.a $(FUZZ_LDFLAGS) -o $@)
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+	@$(call VERBOSE, "dsymutil $@", dsymutil $@)
+endif
 
 
 # Everything depends on the CCAN headers, and Makefile
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c72981610..bdb803beb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -148,7 +148,18 @@ set_defaults()
     # which matters since you might explicitly set of these blank.
     PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr/local}
     CC=${CC:-cc}
-    CDEBUGFLAGS=${CDEBUGFLAGS--std=gnu11 -g -fstack-protector-strong}
+            # Detect macOS and use appropriate debug flags for libbacktrace compatibility
+    if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+        # Always override to avoid DWARF 5
+        CDEBUGFLAGS="-std=gnu11 -g -gdwarf-4 -fstack-protector-strong"
+
+        # Optional: confirm dsymutil is available
+        if ! command -v dsymutil >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Warning: dsymutil not found. Install Xcode Command Line Tools for better debug support."
+        fi
+    else
+        CDEBUGFLAGS=${CDEBUGFLAGS--std=gnu11 -g -fstack-protector-strong}
+    fi
     DEBUGBUILD=${DEBUGBUILD:-0}
     COMPAT=${COMPAT:-1}
     STATIC=${STATIC:-0}
@@ -194,6 +205,9 @@ usage()
     usage_with_default "CWARNFLAGS" "$DEFAULT_CWARNFLAGS"
     usage_with_default "COPTFLAGS" "$DEFAULT_COPTFLAGS"
     usage_with_default "CDEBUGFLAGS" "$CDEBUGFLAGS"
+    if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+        echo "    Note: On macOS, -g is used instead of -g3 for libbacktrace compatibility"
+    fi
     usage_with_default "CONFIGURATOR_CC" "${CONFIGURATOR_CC:-$CC}"
     echo "    To override compile line for configurator itself"
     usage_with_default "PYTEST" "$PYTEST"
diff --git a/external/libbacktrace b/external/libbacktrace
index 2446c6607..793921876 160000
--- a/external/libbacktrace
+++ b/external/libbacktrace
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2446c66076480ce07a6bd868badcbceb3eeecc2e
+Subproject commit 793921876c981ce49759114d7bb89bb89b2d3a2d