diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml b/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml
index bb668905..591ba840 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
         rustup-components: rust-src
         target: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
         manylinux: musllinux_1_2
-        args: --release --strip --out=dist --features=no-panic,unstable-simd,yyjson -i python${{ matrix.python.version }}
+        args: --release --strip --out=dist --features=no-panic,unstable-simd,unwind,yyjson -i python${{ matrix.python.version }}
 
     - name: QEMU
       if: matrix.platform.arch != 'x86_64'
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f13efc5..b44ec58b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.28.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -222,6 +228,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "simdutf8",
  "smallvec",
+ "unwinding",
  "version_check",
 ]
 
@@ -359,6 +366,16 @@ version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unwinding"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37a19a21a537f635c16c7576f22d0f2f7d63353c1337ad4ce0d8001c7952a25b"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f52de6a1..b27946cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ no-panic = [
     "ryu/no-panic",
 ]
 
+# Avoid bundling libgcc on musl.
+unwind = ["unwinding"]
+
 # Build yyjson as a backend and panic if it fails. The default is to attempt
 # to build and on failure fall back to another backend.
 yyjson = []
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 serde_json = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "float_roundtrip"] }
 simdutf8 = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "aarch64_neon"] }
 smallvec = { version = "^1.11", default-features = false, features = ["union", "write"] }
+unwinding = { version = "0.2", features = ["unwinder"], optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = { version = "1" }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0f501828..febf6c10 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #![allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
 #![allow(clippy::zero_prefixed_literal)]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "unwind")]
+extern crate unwinding;
+
 #[macro_use]
 mod util;