diff --git a/libunwind/CMakeLists.txt b/libunwind/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libunwind/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libunwind/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 option(LIBUNWIND_USE_COMPILER_RT "Use compiler-rt instead of libgcc" OFF)
 option(LIBUNWIND_INCLUDE_DOCS "Build the libunwind documentation." ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS})
 option(LIBUNWIND_IS_BAREMETAL "Build libunwind for baremetal targets." OFF)
+option(LIBUNWIND_USE_FRAMEHEADER_CACHE "Cache frame headers for unwinding. Requires locking dl_iterate_phdr." OFF)
 
 set(LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUFFIX "${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}" CACHE STRING
     "Define suffix of library directory name (32/64)")
@@ -368,6 +369,10 @@
   add_compile_definitions(_LIBUNWIND_IS_BAREMETAL)
 endif()
 
+if(LIBUNWIND_USE_FRAMEHEADER_CACHE)
+  add_compile_definitions(_LIBUNWIND_USE_FRAMEHEADER_CACHE)
+endif()
+
 # This is the _ONLY_ place where add_definitions is called.
 if (MSVC)
   add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
diff --git a/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp b/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp
--- a/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp
+++ b/libunwind/src/AddressSpace.hpp
@@ -411,10 +411,13 @@
     #error "_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT_DWARF_UNWIND requires _LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT_DWARF_INDEX on this platform."
   #endif
 
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_USE_FRAMEHEADER_CACHE)
 #include "FrameHeaderCache.hpp"
 
 // There should be just one of these per process.
 static FrameHeaderCache ProcessFrameHeaderCache;
+#endif
+
 
 static bool checkAddrInSegment(const Elf_Phdr *phdr, size_t image_base,
                                dl_iterate_cb_data *cbdata) {
@@ -435,8 +438,10 @@
   auto cbdata = static_cast<dl_iterate_cb_data *>(data);
   if (pinfo->dlpi_phnum == 0 || cbdata->targetAddr < pinfo->dlpi_addr)
     return 0;
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_USE_FRAMEHEADER_CACHE)
   if (ProcessFrameHeaderCache.find(pinfo, pinfo_size, data))
     return 1;
+#endif
 
   Elf_Addr image_base = calculateImageBase(pinfo);
   bool found_obj = false;
@@ -464,7 +469,9 @@
       found_obj = checkAddrInSegment(phdr, image_base, cbdata);
     }
     if (found_obj && found_hdr) {
+#if defined(_LIBUNWIND_USE_FRAMEHEADER_CACHE)
       ProcessFrameHeaderCache.add(cbdata->sects);
+#endif
       return 1;
     }
   }
diff --git a/libunwind/test/frameheadercache_test.pass.cpp b/libunwind/test/frameheadercache_test.pass.cpp
--- a/libunwind/test/frameheadercache_test.pass.cpp
+++ b/libunwind/test/frameheadercache_test.pass.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // The frame header cache should work fine for other architectures,
 // but the #ifdefs end up being even more complicated than this.
 
-#ifdef __x86_64__
+#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(_LIBUNWIND_USE_FRAMEHEADER_CACHE)
 
 // This #if chain is ugly, but see the comments in AddressSpace.hpp for
 // the reasoning.