diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index d74b8dd3..77957272 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -2986,6 +2986,7 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
     if(hasCommandArgument(argc, argv,GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_DISABLE_BACKTRACE]) == true) {
         disableBacktrace = true;
     }
+    PlatformExceptionHandler::disableBacktrace= disableBacktrace;
 
 //    UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 //	u_init(&status);
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_util.h b/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_util.h
index 2e773e68..94a45ebf 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_util.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_util.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public:
 class PlatformExceptionHandler {
 public:
 	static string application_binary;
+	static bool disableBacktrace;
 	static string getStackTrace();
 
 	virtual ~PlatformExceptionHandler() {}
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/platform_util.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/platform_util.cpp
index 66fea022..d8d7ca42 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/platform_util.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/platform_util.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ using namespace std;
 namespace Shared{ namespace Platform{
 
 string PlatformExceptionHandler::application_binary="";
+bool PlatformExceptionHandler::disableBacktrace = false;
 
 // This was the simplest, most portable solution i could find in 5 mins for linux
 int MessageBox(int handle, const char *msg, const char *title, int buttons) {
@@ -161,11 +162,16 @@ static int getFileAndLine(char *function, void *address, char *file, size_t flen
 #endif
 
 string PlatformExceptionHandler::getStackTrace() {
-	string errMsg = "";
+	string errMsg = "\nStack Trace:\n";
+	 if(PlatformExceptionHandler::disableBacktrace == true) {
+		 errMsg += "disabled...";
+		 return errMsg;
+	 }
+
 //#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(BSD)
 #if defined(HAS_GCC_BACKTRACE)
 //        if(disableBacktrace == false && sdl_quitCalled == false) {
-        errMsg = "\nStack Trace:\n";
+        //errMsg = "\nStack Trace:\n";
         //errMsg += "To find line #'s use:\n";
         //errMsg += "readelf --debug-dump=decodedline %s | egrep 0xaddress-of-stack\n";
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp
index 86d589af..eaddbcff 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/win32/platform_util.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace Shared { namespace Platform {
 //	class PlatformExceptionHandler
 // =====================================================
 string PlatformExceptionHandler::application_binary="";
+bool PlatformExceptionHandler::disableBacktrace = false;
 PlatformExceptionHandler *PlatformExceptionHandler::thisPointer= NULL;
 
 // Constructs object and convert lpaszString to Unicode
@@ -152,7 +153,10 @@ void PlatformExceptionHandler::install(string dumpFileName){
 
 string PlatformExceptionHandler::getStackTrace() {
 	 string result = "\nStack Trace:\n";
-
+	 if(PlatformExceptionHandler::disableBacktrace == true) {
+		 result += "disabled...";
+		 return result;
+	 }
 #ifndef __MINGW32__
 /*
 	 unsigned int   i;