diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f28442595..263d34ebf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ configure_file(${CONFIG_HEADER_TEMPLATE}
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     include(CTest)
-    add_subdirectory(tests)
+    if (BUILD_TESTING)
+        add_subdirectory(tests)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 include(CPackConfig)
diff --git a/cmake/AwsFeatureTests.cmake b/cmake/AwsFeatureTests.cmake
index 9d4915f31..9f34fa887 100644
--- a/cmake/AwsFeatureTests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AwsFeatureTests.cmake
@@ -44,3 +44,8 @@ int main() {
     __asm__ __volatile__(\"\":\"=r\"(foo):\"r\"(bar):\"memory\");
 }" AWS_HAVE_GCC_INLINE_ASM)
 
+check_c_source_compiles("
+#include <execinfo.h>
+int main() {
+    return 0;
+}" AWS_HAS_EXECINFO)
diff --git a/include/aws/testing/aws_test_harness.h b/include/aws/testing/aws_test_harness.h
index 74e8bc62b..d829988ab 100644
--- a/include/aws/testing/aws_test_harness.h
+++ b/include/aws/testing/aws_test_harness.h
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static LONG WINAPI s_test_print_stack_trace(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *exceptio
     }
     return EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER;
 }
-#elif !defined __ANDROID__
+#elif AWS_HAS_EXECINFO
 #    include <execinfo.h>
 #    include <signal.h>
 
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static inline int s_aws_run_test_case(struct aws_test_harness *harness) {
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
     SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(s_test_print_stack_trace);
-#elif !defined __ANDROID__
+#elif AWS_HAS_EXECINFO
     struct sigaction sa;
     memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
     sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);