diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5b5365..4606360 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 option(LIBUNWIND_WEAK_PTHREAD_LIB "Use weak references to refer to pthread functions." OFF)
 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)
 
 set(LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUFFIX "${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}" CACHE STRING
     "Define suffix of library directory name (32/64)")
@@ -361,6 +362,10 @@
   add_compile_flags(-D__ARM_WMMX)
 endif()
 
+if(LIBUNWIND_IS_BAREMETAL)
+  add_compile_definitions(_LIBUNWIND_IS_BAREMETAL)
+endif()
+
 # This is the _ONLY_ place where add_definitions is called.
 if (MSVC)
   add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)