diff --git a/src/ldc/eh/config.d b/src/ldc/eh/config.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b2e2c1c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ldc/eh/config.d
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module ldc.eh.config;
+
+import rt.config;
+
+package __gshared bool traceContext = true;
+
+shared static this()
+{
+    if (rt_configOption("traceContext") == "off")
+        traceContext = false;
+}
diff --git a/src/ldc/eh/libunwind.d b/src/ldc/eh/libunwind.d
index 0b0dbfaa54..f2974a33e3 100644
--- a/src/ldc/eh/libunwind.d
+++ b/src/ldc/eh/libunwind.d
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ void _d_throw_exception(Object e)
 
     auto throwable = cast(Throwable) e;
 
-    if (throwable.info is null && cast(byte*)throwable !is typeid(throwable).init.ptr)
+    static import ldc.eh.config;
+    if (ldc.eh.config.traceContext && throwable.info is null && cast(byte*)throwable !is typeid(throwable).init.ptr)
         throwable.info = _d_traceContext();
 
     auto exc_struct = ExceptionStructPool.malloc();