diff --git a/changes/bug17151 b/changes/bug17151
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0993b90eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug17151
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (portability):
+    - Use libexecinfo on FreeBSD, to enable backtrace support. Fixes part of
+      bug 17151; bugfix on 0.2.5.2-alpha. Patch from Marcin Cieślak.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (testing):
+    - Skip backtrace tests when backtrace support is not compiled in. Fixes
+      part of bug 17151; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha. Patch from Marcin Cieślak.
diff --git a/changes/bug17154 b/changes/bug17154
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ad7b74468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug17154
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (testing):
+    - Fix breakage when running 'make check' with BSD make. Fixes bug
+      17154; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc. Patch by Marcin Cieślak.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a6fa1cb38e..53ed865d31 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, [socket network])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, [nsl])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(dlopen, [dl])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(inet_aton, [resolv])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(backtrace, [execinfo])
 saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt])
 if test "$LIBS" != "$saved_LIBS"; then
diff --git a/src/or/include.am b/src/or/include.am
index 7b12b56eb1..d0e955f495 100644
--- a/src/or/include.am
+++ b/src/or/include.am
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ src_or_tor_cov_LDADD = src/or/libtor-testing.a src/common/libor-testing.a \
 	src/common/libor-event-testing.a src/trunnel/libor-trunnel-testing.a \
 	@TOR_ZLIB_LIBS@ @TOR_LIB_MATH@ @TOR_LIBEVENT_LIBS@ @TOR_OPENSSL_LIBS@ \
 	@TOR_LIB_WS32@ @TOR_LIB_GDI@ @CURVE25519_LIBS@ @TOR_SYSTEMD_LIBS@
-export TESTING_TOR_BINARY = $(top_builddir)/src/or/tor-cov
+export TESTING_TOR_BINARY=$(top_builddir)/src/or/tor-cov
 else
-export TESTING_TOR_BINARY = $(top_builddir)/src/or/tor
+export TESTING_TOR_BINARY=$(top_builddir)/src/or/tor
 endif
 
 ORHEADERS = \
diff --git a/src/test/test_bt.sh b/src/test/test_bt.sh
index 56e6cc40f8..f55f451f92 100755
--- a/src/test/test_bt.sh
+++ b/src/test/test_bt.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 exitcode=0
 
+"${builddir:-.}/src/test/test-bt-cl" backtraces || exit 77
 "${builddir:-.}/src/test/test-bt-cl" assert | "${PYTHON:-python}" "${abs_top_srcdir:-.}/src/test/bt_test.py" || exitcode=1
 "${builddir:-.}/src/test/test-bt-cl" crash  | "${PYTHON:-python}" "${abs_top_srcdir:-.}/src/test/bt_test.py" || exitcode=1
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_bt_cl.c b/src/test/test_bt_cl.c
index 01c621eb0e..dabaee6e0a 100644
--- a/src/test/test_bt_cl.c
+++ b/src/test/test_bt_cl.c
@@ -84,15 +84,24 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (argc < 2) {
     puts("I take an argument. It should be \"assert\" or \"crash\" or "
-         "\"none\"");
+         "\"backtraces\" or \"none\"");
     return 1;
   }
+
+#if !(defined(HAVE_EXECINFO_H) && defined(HAVE_BACKTRACE) && \
+   defined(HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS_FD) && defined(HAVE_SIGACTION))
+    puts("Backtrace reporting is not supported on this platform");
+    return 77;
+#endif
+
   if (!strcmp(argv[1], "assert")) {
     crashtype = 1;
   } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "crash")) {
     crashtype = 0;
   } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "none")) {
     crashtype = -1;
+  } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "backtraces")) {
+    return 0;
   } else {
     puts("Argument should be \"assert\" or \"crash\" or \"none\"");
     return 1;