diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cbb9a339f3..96ac76bd4f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -573,7 +573,10 @@ then
     AS_CASE([$xxx_ar_flags],[*'use zero for timestamps and uids/gids'*],[AR_FLAGS="Dcr" lt_ar_flags="Dcr"])
     AS_CASE([$xxx_ranlib_flags],[*'Use zero for symbol map timestamp'*],[RANLIB="${RANLIB} -D"])
 
-    AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DHAVE_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD -g0"
+    if test "$ENABLED_DEBUG_TRACE_ERRCODES" != "backtrace"
+    then
+        AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DHAVE_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD -g0"
+    fi
 
     # opportunistically use -ffile-prefix-map (added in GCC8 and LLVM10)