diff --git a/.github/workflows/exotic-builds-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/exotic-builds-testing.yml
index 7c57d23815..fb477db40c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/exotic-builds-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/exotic-builds-testing.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ jobs:
             FLAVORFLAGS: -DLUAJIT_DISABLE_JIT=ON
           - FLAVOR: gdbjit
             FLAVORFLAGS: -DLUAJIT_USE_GDBJIT=ON
+          - FLAVOR: no_unwind
+            FLAVORFLAGS: -DLUAJIT_NO_UNWIND=ON
         exclude:
           - ARCH: ARM64
             GC64: OFF
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ef10f2f6f..7f5e2afb6a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ if(LUAJIT_DISABLE_UNWIND_JIT)
   AppendFlags(TARGET_C_FLAGS -DLUAJIT_DISABLE_UNWIND_JIT)
 endif()
 
+option(LUAJIT_NO_UNWIND "Disable external unwinding.")
+if(LUAJIT_NO_UNWIND)
+  AppendFlags(TARGET_C_FLAGS -DLUAJIT_NO_UNWIND)
+endif()
+
 # Disable memory profiler.
 option(LUAJIT_DISABLE_MEMPROF "LuaJIT memory profiler support" OFF)
 if(LUAJIT_DISABLE_MEMPROF)
diff --git a/src/vm_arm64.dasc b/src/vm_arm64.dasc
index 0a12b5b781..1cf1ea519e 100644
--- a/src/vm_arm64.dasc
+++ b/src/vm_arm64.dasc
@@ -3915,6 +3915,7 @@ static void emit_asm_debug(BuildCtx *ctx)
 	"\t.align 3\n"
 	".LEFDE1:\n\n", (int)ctx->codesz - fcofs);
 #endif
+#if !LJ_NO_UNWIND
     fprintf(ctx->fp, "\t.section .eh_frame,\"a\",%%progbits\n");
     fprintf(ctx->fp,
 	".Lframe1:\n"
@@ -3982,6 +3983,7 @@ static void emit_asm_debug(BuildCtx *ctx)
 	"\t.byte 0x94\n\t.uleb128 4\n"		/* offset x20 */
 	"\t.align 3\n"
 	".LEFDE3:\n\n", (int)ctx->codesz - fcofs);
+#endif
 #endif
     break;
 #if !LJ_NO_UNWIND