--- a/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/defs.make	2026-10-16 23:05:25.981471837 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/defs.make	2026-10-16 23:10:02.240012747 +0100
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@
 
 -include $(HS_ALT_MAKE)/linux/makefiles/defs.make
 
-EXPORT_LIST += $(ADD_SA_BINARIES/$(HS_ARCH))
+# libsaproc needs thread_db.h, which not every C library provides
+SA_HAS_THREAD_DB ?= $(shell $(if $(CC),$(CC),cc) -E -include thread_db.h -x c /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes)
+ifeq ($(SA_HAS_THREAD_DB),yes)
+  EXPORT_LIST += $(ADD_SA_BINARIES/$(HS_ARCH))
+else
+  EXPORT_LIST += $(filter-out %/libsaproc.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX) %/libsaproc.diz %/libsaproc.debuginfo,$(ADD_SA_BINARIES/$(HS_ARCH)))
+endif
 
 
--- a/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/saproc.make	2026-10-16 23:05:25.981562506 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/saproc.make	2026-10-16 23:10:02.240910112 +0100
@@ -67,11 +67,14 @@
 # if $(AGENT_DIR) does not exist, we don't build SA
 # also, we don't build SA on Itanium or zero.
 
+SA_HAS_THREAD_DB ?= $(shell $(CC) -E -include thread_db.h -x c /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes)
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(AGENT_DIR)),)
 ifneq ($(filter-out ia64 zero,$(SRCARCH)),)
+ifeq ($(SA_HAS_THREAD_DB),yes)
   BUILDLIBSAPROC = $(LIBSAPROC)
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 ifneq ($(ALT_SASRCDIR),)
 ALT_SAINCDIR=-I$(ALT_SASRCDIR) -DALT_SASRCDIR