diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e47187295..f365556e7d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,17 +142,27 @@ set(WITH_EXECINFO no
     CACHE BOOL "Build with execinfo support (requires glibc)")
 set(WITH_UNWIND no
     CACHE BOOL "Build with unwind support")
+set(WITH_BFD no
+    CACHE BOOL "Build with BFD support")
+set(WITH_LINKH no
+    CACHE BOOL "Build with link.h support")
 set(WITH_STACKTRACE no
     CACHE BOOL "Build with stacktrace support (requires binutils-dev)")
 if (WITH_STACKTRACE)
     if (NOT (WITH_EXECINFO OR WITH_UNWIND))
         set(WITH_UNWIND yes)
     endif ()
+    set(WITH_BFD yes)
+    set(WITH_LINKH yes)
+    set(HAVE_LFORTRAN_STACKTRACE yes)
+endif()
+if (WITH_BFD)
     find_package(BFD REQUIRED)
-    find_package(LINKH REQUIRED)
     set(HAVE_LFORTRAN_BFD yes)
+endif()
+if (WITH_LINKH)
+    find_package(LINKH REQUIRED)
     set(HAVE_LFORTRAN_LINK yes)
-    set(HAVE_LFORTRAN_STACKTRACE yes)
 endif()
 if (WITH_EXECINFO)
     find_package(EXECINFO REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/lfortran/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lfortran/CMakeLists.txt
index a08e238f1d..22ef2a02f6 100644
--- a/src/lfortran/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lfortran/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ endif()
 if (WITH_JSON)
     target_link_libraries(lfortran_lib p::rapidjson)
 endif()
-if (WITH_STACKTRACE)
-    target_link_libraries(lfortran_lib p::bfd p::link)
+if (WITH_BFD)
+    target_link_libraries(lfortran_lib p::bfd)
+endif()
+if (WITH_LINK)
+    target_link_libraries(lfortran_lib p::link)
 endif()
 if (WITH_EXECINFO)
     target_link_libraries(lfortran_lib p::execinfo)