diff --git a/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
                             "1.0"
                           SOVERSION
                             "1")
+  string(REPLACE "-Wl,-z,defs" "" CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
   list(APPEND LIBUNWIND_BUILD_TARGETS "unwind_shared")
   if (LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_SHARED_LIBRARY)
     list(APPEND LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_TARGETS "unwind_shared")