diff --git a/doc/examples/makefile.am b/doc/examples/makefile.am
index 99f3829..39b6994 100644
--- a/doc/examples/makefile.am
+++ b/doc/examples/makefile.am
@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@
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 exampledir = ${docdir}/examples
-example_PROGRAMS = exceptionhandling smartpointer arguments
+example_PROGRAMS = smartpointer arguments
+if HAVE_STACKTRACE
+example_PROGRAMS += exceptionhandling
+endif
 example_DATA = ${smartpointer_SOURCES} ${exceptionhandling_SOURCES}	\
                ${arguments_SOURCES}
 
 CPPFLAGS = -I${top_srcdir}/src
 LDFLAGS = -L${top_builddir}/src
 
+if HAVE_STACKTRACE
 exceptionhandling_SOURCES = exceptionhandling.cxx
 exceptionhandling_LDADD = ${top_builddir}/src/.libs/libmrw.la
+endif
 
 smartpointer_SOURCES = smartpointer.cxx
 smartpointer_LDADD = ${top_builddir}/src/.libs/libmrw.la