diff --git a/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp b/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp
--- a/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp
+++ b/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp
@@ -584,11 +584,6 @@
   // support for _dl_find_object on other unwind formats is not implemented,
   // yet.
 #if defined(DLFO_STRUCT_HAS_EH_DBASE) & defined(_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT_DWARF_INDEX)
-  // We expect to run on a platform which does not use a base address for
-  // exception information.
-#if DLFO_STRUCT_HAS_EH_DBASE
-#error dlfo_eh_dbase is not supported for DWARF-based unwinding
-#endif
   // We expect `_dl_find_object` to return PT_GNU_EH_FRAME.
 #if DLFO_EH_SEGMENT_TYPE != PT_GNU_EH_FRAME
 #error _dl_find_object retrieves an unexpected section type
@@ -611,6 +606,11 @@
       // Found an entry for `targetAddr`, but there is no unwind info.
       return false;
     }
+#if DLFO_STRUCT_HAS_EH_DBASE
+    assert(findResult.dlfo_eh_dbase == findResult.dlfo_map_start &&
+          "libunwind expects the base address for DW_EH_PE_datarel to be identical"
+          "with the start address of the PT_GNU_EH_FRAME segment") ;
+#endif
     info.dso_base = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(findResult.dlfo_map_start);
     info.text_segment_length = static_cast<size_t>(
         (char *)findResult.dlfo_map_end - (char *)findResult.dlfo_map_start);