diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3bbd8830..ea6f2060 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ if get_option('libunwind')
   libunwind_dep = dependency('libunwind-generic', required: false)
   if libunwind_dep.found()
     config_h.set10('ENABLE_LIBUNWIND', libunwind_dep.found())
+    if cc.has_header_symbol('libunwind.h', 'unw_set_cache_size', dependencies: [libunwind_dep])
+      config_h.set10('HAVE_UNW_SET_CACHE_SIZE', 1)
+    endif
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/preload/sysprof-memory-collector.c b/src/libsysprof/preload/sysprof-memory-collector.c
index 33b1d0ec..6a13b64d 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/preload/sysprof-memory-collector.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof/preload/sysprof-memory-collector.c
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ collector_init_ctor (void)
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_LIBUNWIND
   unw_set_caching_policy (unw_local_addr_space, UNW_CACHE_PER_THREAD);
+# ifdef HAVE_UNW_SET_CACHE_SIZE
   unw_set_cache_size (unw_local_addr_space, 1024, 0);
+#endif
 #endif
   sysprof_collector_init ();
   collector_ready = TRUE;