diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d34596..61afc1a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ endif()
 if(NOT WIN32)
   check_support(HAS_UNWIND has_unwind.cpp "" "" "")
   check_support(HAS_EXECINFO has_execinfo.cpp "" "" "")
-  check_support(HAS_BACKTRACE has_backtrace.cpp "" "backtrace" "${CPPTRACE_BACKTRACE_PATH_DEFINITION}")
-  set(STACKTRACE_LINK_LIB "stdc++_libbacktrace")
 else()
   check_support(HAS_STACKWALK has_stackwalk.cpp "" "dbghelp" "")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT WIN32 OR MINGW)
+  check_support(HAS_BACKTRACE has_backtrace.cpp "" "backtrace" "${CPPTRACE_BACKTRACE_PATH_DEFINITION}")
+  set(STACKTRACE_LINK_LIB "stdc++_libbacktrace")
   check_support(HAS_CXX_EXCEPTION_TYPE has_cxx_exception_type.cpp "" "" "")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp b/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp
index 360ff94..b6eb327 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace libbacktrace {
         static backtrace_state* state = nullptr;
         static bool called = false;
         if(!called) {
-            state = backtrace_create_state(program_name(), true, error_callback, nullptr);
+            state = backtrace_create_state(program_name().c_str(), true, error_callback, nullptr);
             called = true;
         }
         return state;