diff --git a/hurricane/src/hurricane/Backtrace.cpp b/hurricane/src/hurricane/Backtrace.cpp
index 77a0bd61..c91aa02a 100644
--- a/hurricane/src/hurricane/Backtrace.cpp
+++ b/hurricane/src/hurricane/Backtrace.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ namespace {
           return;
         }
       }
-      
     }
   }
 
@@ -414,6 +413,7 @@ namespace Hurricane {
 // Class  :  "Hurricane::Backtrace".
 
 
+  int             Backtrace::_callCount      = 0;
   TextTranslator  Backtrace::_textTranslator = TextTranslator::toTextTranslator();
   const size_t    Backtrace::_stackSize      = 50;
 
@@ -428,6 +428,18 @@ namespace Hurricane {
   Backtrace::Backtrace ()
     : _stack()
   {
+    if (_callCount > 0) {
+      _stack.push_back( "[BUG] Backtrace::Backtrace(): An error occurred in the backtace *istself*." );
+      _stack.push_back( "" );
+      _stack.push_back( "      Under RHEL 6, this may be due to a link with a wrong version of <libbfd>," );
+      _stack.push_back( "      please check that you have the <devtoolset-2-binutils-devel> package" );
+      _stack.push_back( "      installed." );
+      _stack.push_back( "" );
+      _stack.push_back( "      For other OSs, check for any problems related to BFD." );
+      return;
+    }
+    ++_callCount;
+
 #if (defined __linux__ || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __APPLE__)
     void*  rawStack [ _stackSize ];
     size_t depth    = backtrace ( rawStack, _stackSize );
@@ -498,6 +510,10 @@ namespace Hurricane {
   }
 
 
+  Backtrace::~Backtrace ()
+  { --_callCount; }
+
+
   string  Backtrace::htmlWhere () const
   {
     ostringstream where;
diff --git a/hurricane/src/hurricane/hurricane/Backtrace.h b/hurricane/src/hurricane/hurricane/Backtrace.h
index 48045240..8d4178a6 100644
--- a/hurricane/src/hurricane/hurricane/Backtrace.h
+++ b/hurricane/src/hurricane/hurricane/Backtrace.h
@@ -43,15 +43,17 @@ namespace Hurricane {
   class Backtrace {
     public:
                           Backtrace    ();
+                         ~Backtrace    ();
       inline std::string  where        () const;
       inline std::string  textWhere    () const;
              std::string  htmlWhere    () const;
       inline std::string  _getTypeName () const;
       inline std::string  _getString   () const;
     private:
-      static TextTranslator     _textTranslator;
-      static const size_t       _stackSize;
-      std::vector<std::string>  _stack;
+      static int                       _callCount;
+      static TextTranslator            _textTranslator;
+      static const size_t              _stackSize;
+             std::vector<std::string>  _stack;
   };