diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c36f4fc6..b19ac6227 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,13 +107,19 @@ endif()
 # succeeds and the link fails. FindBacktrace resolves both the header and
 # whichever library actually provides the symbol, so gate on it instead - see
 # the QET_CRASH_BACKTRACE guard in sources/logging/crashhandler.cpp.
-find_package(Backtrace QUIET)
-if(Backtrace_FOUND)
-    list(APPEND QET_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES ${Backtrace_LIBRARIES})
-    include_directories(${Backtrace_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    add_compile_definitions(QET_CRASH_BACKTRACE)
-else()
-    message(STATUS "backtrace() not available: crash dumps will carry the log ring without a backtrace")
+# Windows uses a separate native exception path and must not probe for the
+# POSIX execinfo/backtrace API.
+if(NOT WIN32)
+    find_package(Backtrace QUIET)
+    if(Backtrace_FOUND)
+        list(APPEND QET_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES ${Backtrace_LIBRARIES})
+        include_directories(${Backtrace_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        add_compile_definitions(QET_CRASH_BACKTRACE)
+    else()
+        message(STATUS
+            "backtrace() not available: crash dumps will carry the log ring "
+            "without a backtrace")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt
index 603cc52e9..2b68aa048 100644
--- a/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ find_package(
 # tst_crashhandler compiles crashhandler.cpp, which on a non-Windows build
 # may pull in backtrace(). Resolved the same way as in the top-level
 # CMakeLists so this directory also configures standalone -- on FreeBSD the
-# symbol lives in libexecinfo, not libc.
-if(NOT DEFINED Backtrace_FOUND)
+# symbol lives in libexecinfo, not libc. Windows uses a separate native
+# exception path and must not probe for the POSIX execinfo/backtrace API.
+if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT DEFINED Backtrace_FOUND)
   find_package(Backtrace QUIET)
   if(Backtrace_FOUND)
     include_directories(${Backtrace_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -155,7 +156,12 @@ add_test(NAME tst_crashhandler COMMAND tst_crashhandler)
 target_include_directories(tst_crashhandler PRIVATE ${QET_DIR}/sources)
 # Qt::Xml because crashhandler.cpp includes qetversion.h for the header it
 # builds at install() time, and that pulls in QDomElement.
-target_link_libraries(tst_crashhandler PRIVATE Qt::Test Qt::Xml ${Backtrace_LIBRARIES})
+if(NOT WIN32 AND Backtrace_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(tst_crashhandler PRIVATE
+    Qt::Test Qt::Xml ${Backtrace_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(tst_crashhandler PRIVATE Qt::Test Qt::Xml)
+endif()
 
 # The crash-dump bookkeeping from #905: which dumps get listed, offered and
 # deleted, and what redact() masks. qetlogger.cpp needs exactly one symbol
@@ -174,7 +180,12 @@ target_include_directories(tst_crashdumps PRIVATE
   ${QET_DIR}/sources
   ${QET_DIR}/sources/NameList
   ${QET_DIR}/pugixml/src)
-target_link_libraries(tst_crashdumps PRIVATE Qt::Test Qt::Widgets Qt::Xml ${Backtrace_LIBRARIES})
+if(NOT WIN32 AND Backtrace_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(tst_crashdumps PRIVATE
+    Qt::Test Qt::Widgets Qt::Xml ${Backtrace_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(tst_crashdumps PRIVATE Qt::Test Qt::Widgets Qt::Xml)
+endif()
 
 add_executable(
   tst_menubarkeyboard
diff --git a/tests/qttest/tst_crashhandler.cpp b/tests/qttest/tst_crashhandler.cpp
index 704e167cd..42411bad2 100644
--- a/tests/qttest/tst_crashhandler.cpp
+++ b/tests/qttest/tst_crashhandler.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ void tst_CrashHandler::formatsTheHandledSignals()
 {
 	QCOMPARE(format(SIGSEGV), QByteArray::number(SIGSEGV));
 	QCOMPARE(format(SIGABRT), QByteArray::number(SIGABRT));
+#if defined(SIGBUS)
 	QCOMPARE(format(SIGBUS), QByteArray::number(SIGBUS));
+#endif
 	QCOMPARE(format(SIGFPE), QByteArray::number(SIGFPE));
 	QCOMPARE(format(SIGILL), QByteArray::number(SIGILL));
 }