diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 678a9fa8dc..8b67f9c036 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ if (UNIX)
     find_package(Sigaltstack)
     find_package(SelfDbg)
     find_package(Ucontext)
+    find_package(BFD)
     find_package(Fcitx)
     if (Fcitx_FOUND)
         find_package(DBus1)
diff --git a/cmake/FindBFD.cmake b/cmake/FindBFD.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84ae71def2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindBFD.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+
+macro(test_compile_libbfd var libs)
+    if (BFD_FOUND)
+        return()
+    endif ()
+
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${libs})
+
+    check_cxx_source_compiles("
+        #define PACKAGE 1
+        #define PACKAGE_VERSION 1
+        #include <bfd.h>
+        #include <unistd.h>
+        int main() {
+            bfd_init();
+            bfd *abfd = bfd_openr(\"test\", \"test\");
+            bfd_check_format(abfd, bfd_object);
+            bfd_get_file_flags(abfd);
+            bfd_map_over_sections(abfd, (void (*)(bfd*, asection*, void*)) 0, (void *) 0);
+            asymbol *syms = 0;
+            long symcount = bfd_read_minisymbols(abfd, false, (void**) &syms, (unsigned int *) 0);
+            bfd_get_section_flags(abfd, (asection*) 0);
+            bfd_get_section_vma(abfd, (asection*) 0);
+            bfd_section_size(abfd, (asection*) 0);
+            bfd_find_nearest_line(abfd, (asection*) 0, (asymbol **) 0, (bfd_vma) 0, (const char **) 0, (const char **) 0, (unsigned int *) 0);
+            return (int) symcount;
+        }"
+        ${var}0
+    )
+
+    check_cxx_source_compiles("
+        #define PACKAGE 1
+        #define PACKAGE_VERSION 1
+        #include <bfd.h>
+        #include <unistd.h>
+        int main() {
+            bfd_init();
+            bfd *abfd = bfd_openr(\"test\", \"test\");
+            bfd_check_format(abfd, bfd_object);
+            bfd_get_file_flags(abfd);
+            bfd_map_over_sections(abfd, (void (*)(bfd*, asection*, void*)) 0, (void *) 0);
+            asymbol *syms = 0;
+            long symcount = bfd_read_minisymbols(abfd, false, (void**) &syms, (unsigned int *) 0);
+            bfd_section_flags((asection*) 0);
+            bfd_section_vma((asection*) 0);
+            bfd_section_size((asection*) 0);
+            bfd_find_nearest_line(abfd, (asection*) 0, (asymbol **) 0, (bfd_vma) 0, (const char **) 0, (const char **) 0, (unsigned int *) 0);
+            return (int) symcount;
+        }"
+        ${var}1
+    )
+
+    if (${var}0)
+        set(BFD_FOUND ON)
+        add_compile_options(
+            -DWITH_BFD0
+        )
+        link_libraries(${libs})
+    elseif (${var}1)
+        set(BFD_FOUND ON)
+        add_compile_options(
+            -DWITH_BFD1
+        )
+        link_libraries(${libs})
+    endif ()
+
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "")
+endmacro()
+
+test_compile_libbfd("BFD_FOUND_A" "-lbfd;-lz")
+test_compile_libbfd("BFD_FOUND_B" "-lbfd;-liberty;-lz")
+test_compile_libbfd("BFD_FOUND_C" "-lbfd;-liberty;-lintl;-lz")
diff --git a/src/crashlog.cpp b/src/crashlog.cpp
index a03a10fa22..476be47ca0 100644
--- a/src/crashlog.cpp
+++ b/src/crashlog.cpp
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ static void find_address_in_section(bfd *abfd, asection *section, void *data)
 	bfd_vma vma = bfd_get_section_vma(abfd, section);
 	if (info->addr < vma) return;
 
-	bfd_size_type size = bfd_section_size(abfd, section);
+	bfd_size_type size = get_bfd_section_size(abfd, section);
 	if (info->addr >= vma + size) return;
 
 	info->found = bfd_find_nearest_line(abfd, section, info->syms, info->addr - vma,
diff --git a/src/crashlog_bfd.h b/src/crashlog_bfd.h
index 834bc2d1fe..c11b8f9fff 100644
--- a/src/crashlog_bfd.h
+++ b/src/crashlog_bfd.h
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
 #ifndef CRASHLOG_BFD_H
 #define CRASHLOG_BFD_H
 
+#if defined(WITH_BFD0)
+#define WITH_BFD 1
+#define get_bfd_section_size(abfd, section) bfd_section_size(abfd, section)
+#elif defined(WITH_BFD1)
+#define WITH_BFD 1
+#define bfd_get_section_flags(abfd, section) bfd_section_flags(section)
+#define bfd_get_section_vma(abfd, section) bfd_section_vma(section)
+#define get_bfd_section_size(abfd, section) bfd_section_size(section)
+#endif
+
 #if defined(WITH_BFD)
 /* this is because newer versions of libbfd insist on seeing these, even though they aren't used for anything */
 #define PACKAGE 1