diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
index cb9d19c30c84..970081741b14 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 , vulkanLayers ? lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ "device-select" "overlay" "intel-nullhw" ] # No Vulkan support on Darwin
 , OpenGL, Xplugin
 , withValgrind ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform valgrind-light && !valgrind-light.meta.broken, valgrind-light
+, withLibunwind ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libunwind
 , enableGalliumNine ? stdenv.isLinux
 , enableOSMesa ? stdenv.isLinux
 , enableOpenCL ? stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isx86_64
@@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-Dclang-libdir=${llvmPackages.clang-unwrapped.lib}/lib"
   ]  ++ lib.optionals (!withValgrind) [
     "-Dvalgrind=disabled"
+  ]  ++ lib.optionals (!withLibunwind) [
+    "-Dlibunwind=disabled"
   ] ++ lib.optional enablePatentEncumberedCodecs
     "-Dvideo-codecs=h264dec,h264enc,h265dec,h265enc,vc1dec"
   ++ lib.optional (vulkanLayers != []) "-D vulkan-layers=${builtins.concatStringsSep "," vulkanLayers}";
@@ -226,7 +229,10 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     libX11 libXext libxcb libXt libXfixes libxshmfence libXrandr
     libffi libvdpau libelf libXvMC
     libpthreadstubs openssl /*or another sha1 provider*/
-    zstd libunwind
+    zstd
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withLibunwind [
+    libunwind
+  ] ++ [
     python3Packages.python # for shebang
   ] ++ lib.optionals haveWayland [ wayland wayland-protocols ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libomxil-bellagio libva-minimal udev lm_sensors ]