diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_log.c b/src/lib/eina/eina_log.c
index 81be34a1b2..7c66ee0b53 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_log.c
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_log.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static int _abort_level_on_critical = EINA_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL;
 # ifndef EINA_LOG_BACKTRACE_ENABLE
 static int _backtrace_level = -1;
 # else
-static int _backtrace_level = 1;
+static int _backtrace_level = EINA_LOG_LEVEL_ERR;
 # endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/lib/eina/meson.build b/src/lib/eina/meson.build
index d3d30fcf43..003dc6b3b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/eina/meson.build
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ unwind = dependency('libunwind-generic', required: false)
 if unwind.found()
    config_h.set('HAVE_UNWIND', 1)
    eina_deps += unwind
+   config_h.set('EINA_LOG_BACKTRACE_ENABLE', 1)
 endif
 
 #for the case that the iconv library is not part of libc but rather libiconv or smth. like that