diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45461eb78..fccbced99 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ include(DispatchSanitization)
 include(DispatchCompilerWarnings)
 include(DTrace)
 
+include(EnableFramePointers)
+
 # NOTE(abdulras) this is the CMake supported way to control whether we generate
 # shared or static libraries.  This impacts the behaviour of `add_library` in
 # what type of library it generates.
diff --git a/cmake/modules/EnableFramePointers.cmake b/cmake/modules/EnableFramePointers.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8573d8dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/EnableFramePointers.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# Including this file enables frame pointers, if we know how.
+#
+
+include(CheckCompilerFlag)
+
+# Check if the compiler supports -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+check_compiler_flag(C -fno-omit-frame-pointer SUPPORTS_NO_OMIT_FP)
+
+# If it does, use it
+if (SUPPORTS_NO_OMIT_FP)
+  add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C,CXX>:-fno-omit-frame-pointer>)
+endif()