diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dbe140008e..0b45fb4c8f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1195,6 +1195,7 @@ enable_protocol_http
 enable_protocol_ftp
 enable_protocol_file
 enable_threads
+enable_dbghelp
 enable_iniconf
 enable_regkey
 enable_docview
@@ -2127,6 +2128,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-protocol-ftp   FTP support in wxProtocol
   --enable-protocol-file  FILE support in wxProtocol
   --enable-threads        use threads
+  --enable-dbghelp        use dbghelp.dll API (Win32 only)
   --enable-iniconf        use wxIniConfig (Win32 only)
   --enable-regkey         use wxRegKey class (Win32 only)
   --enable-docview        use document view architecture
@@ -7745,6 +7747,36 @@ fi
           eval "$wx_cv_use_threads"
 
 
+if test "$wxUSE_MSW" = 1 ; then
+
+          enablestring=disable
+          defaultval=
+          if test -z "$defaultval"; then
+              if test x"$enablestring" = xdisable; then
+                  defaultval=yes
+              else
+                  defaultval=no
+              fi
+          fi
+
+          # Check whether --enable-dbghelp was given.
+if test "${enable_dbghelp+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_dbghelp;
+                          if test "$enableval" = yes; then
+                            wx_cv_use_dbghelp='wxUSE_DBGHELP=yes'
+                          else
+                            wx_cv_use_dbghelp='wxUSE_DBGHELP=no'
+                          fi
+
+else
+
+                          wx_cv_use_dbghelp='wxUSE_DBGHELP=${'DEFAULT_wxUSE_DBGHELP":-$defaultval}"
+
+fi
+
+
+          eval "$wx_cv_use_dbghelp"
+
 
           enablestring=
           defaultval=
@@ -7803,6 +7835,7 @@ fi
 
           eval "$wx_cv_use_regkey"
 
+fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
 
@@ -35882,6 +35915,63 @@ if test "$wxUSE_AUTOID_MANAGEMENT" = "yes"; then
 fi
 
 if test "$USE_WIN32" = 1 ; then
+    if test "$wxUSE_DBGHELP" = "yes"; then
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if debug help API is available" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking if debug help API is available... " >&6; }
+if ${wx_cv_lib_debughlp+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+
+                                                ac_ext=cpp
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
+
+                cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <windows.h>
+                     #include <imagehlp.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+                        #ifndef API_VERSION_NUMBER
+                        #error API_VERSION_NUMBER not defined!
+                        #endif
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  wx_cv_lib_debughlp=yes
+else
+  wx_cv_lib_debughlp=no
+
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+                ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $wx_cv_lib_debughlp" >&5
+$as_echo "$wx_cv_lib_debughlp" >&6; }
+
+        if test "$wx_cv_lib_debughlp" = yes; then
+            $as_echo "#define wxUSE_DBGHELP 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+        else
+            { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Debug help API and wxStackWalker won't be available" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Debug help API and wxStackWalker won't be available" >&2;}
+        fi
+    fi
+
     if test "$wxUSE_INICONF" = "yes"; then
         $as_echo "#define wxUSE_INICONF 1" >>confdefs.h
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 41d34cdcc2..3b30d65837 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -743,8 +743,11 @@ WX_ARG_FEATURE(protocol_file, [  --enable-protocol-file  FILE support in wxProto
 
 WX_ARG_FEATURE(threads,     [  --enable-threads        use threads], wxUSE_THREADS)
 
+if test "$wxUSE_MSW" = 1 ; then
+WX_ARG_DISABLE(dbghelp,     [  --enable-dbghelp        use dbghelp.dll API (Win32 only)], wxUSE_DBGHELP)
 WX_ARG_ENABLE(iniconf,      [  --enable-iniconf        use wxIniConfig (Win32 only)], wxUSE_INICONF)
 WX_ARG_FEATURE(regkey,      [  --enable-regkey         use wxRegKey class (Win32 only)], wxUSE_REGKEY)
+fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
 
@@ -7157,6 +7160,34 @@ if test "$wxUSE_AUTOID_MANAGEMENT" = "yes"; then
 fi
 
 if test "$USE_WIN32" = 1 ; then
+    if test "$wxUSE_DBGHELP" = "yes"; then
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK([if debug help API is available], wx_cv_lib_debughlp,
+            [
+                dnl we need just the header, not the library, as we load the
+                dnl DLL dynamically anyhow during run-time
+                AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
+                AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+                    [#include <windows.h>
+                     #include <imagehlp.h>],
+                    [
+                        #ifndef API_VERSION_NUMBER
+                        #error API_VERSION_NUMBER not defined!
+                        #endif
+                    ],
+                    wx_cv_lib_debughlp=yes,
+                    wx_cv_lib_debughlp=no
+                )
+                AC_LANG_POP()
+            ]
+        )
+
+        if test "$wx_cv_lib_debughlp" = yes; then
+            AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_DBGHELP)
+        else
+            AC_MSG_WARN([Debug help API and wxStackWalker won't be available])
+        fi
+    fi
+
     if test "$wxUSE_INICONF" = "yes"; then
         AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_INICONF)
     fi
diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 26b24e25d3..91016e75e1 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ wxGTK:
 
 wxMSW:
 
+- Enable wxStackWalker in MinGW64 builds.
 - Fix crash when using wxCHMHelpController() in 64 bit builds (Xlord2).
 - Fix MDI menu display after failure to create a child frame (troelsk).
 
diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/setup0.h b/include/wx/gtk/setup0.h
index 0ab4718bdf..277c2e4fd8 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/setup0.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/setup0.h
@@ -1668,6 +1668,18 @@
 // Crash debugging helpers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Set this to 1 to use dbghelp.dll for providing stack traces in crash
+// reports.
+//
+// Default is 1 if the compiler supports it, 0 for old MinGW.
+//
+// Recommended setting: 1, there is not much gain in disabling this
+#if defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__MINGW64_TOOLCHAIN__)
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 1
+#else
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
+#endif
+
 // Set this to 1 to be able to use wxCrashReport::Generate() to create mini
 // dumps of your program when it crashes (or at any other moment)
 //
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/chkconf.h b/include/wx/msw/chkconf.h
index 656ef98017..8571cc4607 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/chkconf.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/chkconf.h
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
 #   endif
 #endif /* !defined(wxUSE_CRASHREPORT) */
 
+#ifndef wxUSE_DBGHELP
+#   ifdef wxABORT_ON_CONFIG_ERROR
+#       error "wxUSE_DBGHELP must be defined"
+#   else
+#       define wxUSE_DBGHELP 1
+#   endif
+#endif /* wxUSE_DBGHELP */
+
 #ifndef wxUSE_DC_CACHEING
 #   ifdef wxABORT_ON_CONFIG_ERROR
 #       error "wxUSE_DC_CACHEING must be defined"
@@ -146,9 +154,6 @@
 
 #    undef wxUSE_CRASHREPORT
 #    define wxUSE_CRASHREPORT 0
-
-#    undef wxUSE_STACKWALKER
-#    define wxUSE_STACKWALKER 0
 #endif /* compiler doesn't support SEH */
 
 #if defined(__GNUWIN32__)
@@ -292,6 +297,14 @@
 #endif  /* !wxUSE_DYNAMIC_LOADER */
 
 #if !wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
+#   if wxUSE_DBGHELP
+#       ifdef wxABORT_ON_CONFIG_ERROR
+#           error "wxUSE_DBGHELP requires wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS"
+#       else
+#           undef wxUSE_DBGHELP
+#           define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
+#       endif
+#   endif
 #   if wxUSE_DC_TRANSFORM_MATRIX
 #       ifdef wxABORT_ON_CONFIG_ERROR
 #           error "wxUSE_DC_TRANSFORM_MATRIX requires wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS"
@@ -383,6 +396,22 @@
 #   endif
 #endif /* wxUSE_ACTIVITYINDICATOR */
 
+#if wxUSE_STACKWALKER && !wxUSE_DBGHELP
+    /*
+        Don't give an error in this case because wxUSE_DBGHELP could be 0
+        because the compiler just doesn't support it, there is really no other
+        choice than to disable wxUSE_STACKWALKER too in this case.
+
+        Unfortunately we can't distinguish between the missing compiler support
+        and explicitly disabling wxUSE_DBGHELP (which would ideally result in
+        an error if wxUSE_STACKWALKER is not disabled too), but it's better to
+        avoid giving a compiler error in the former case even if it means not
+        giving it neither in the latter one.
+     */
+    #undef wxUSE_STACKWALKER
+    #define wxUSE_STACKWALKER 0
+#endif /* wxUSE_STACKWALKER && !wxUSE_DBGHELP */
+
 #if !wxUSE_THREADS
 #   if wxUSE_FSWATCHER
 #       ifdef wxABORT_ON_CONFIG_ERROR
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/debughlp.h b/include/wx/msw/debughlp.h
index b224c19a23..44d6d1ece2 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/debughlp.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/debughlp.h
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 #ifndef _WX_MSW_DEBUGHLPH_H_
 #define _WX_MSW_DEBUGHLPH_H_
 
-#include "wx/dynlib.h"
+#include "wx/defs.h"
 
+#if wxUSE_DBGHELP
+
+#include "wx/dynlib.h"
 #include "wx/msw/wrapwin.h"
 
 #ifdef __VISUALC__
@@ -31,26 +34,6 @@
 
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
 
-// wxUSE_DBGHELP can be predefined on the compiler command line to force using
-// dbghelp.dll even if it's not detected or, on the contrary, avoid using even
-// if it's available.
-#ifndef wxUSE_DBGHELP
-    // The only compiler which is known to have the necessary headers is MSVC.
-    #ifdef __VISUALC__
-        // MSVC7.1 shipped with API v9 and we don't support anything earlier
-        // anyhow.
-        #if API_VERSION_NUMBER >= 9
-            #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 1
-        #else
-            #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
-        #endif
-    #else
-        #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
-    #endif
-#endif
-
-#if wxUSE_DBGHELP
-
 /*
 
 The table below shows which functions are exported by dbghelp.dll.
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/setup0.h b/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
index 8ade54c2e9..abee9b51d4 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@
 // SDK components manually, you need to change this setting.
 //
 // Recommended setting: 1
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1700 && !defined(_USING_V110_SDK71_)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1700
     #define wxUSE_WINRT 1
 #else
     #define wxUSE_WINRT 0
@@ -1668,6 +1668,18 @@
 // Crash debugging helpers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Set this to 1 to use dbghelp.dll for providing stack traces in crash
+// reports.
+//
+// Default is 1 if the compiler supports it, 0 for old MinGW.
+//
+// Recommended setting: 1, there is not much gain in disabling this
+#if defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__MINGW64_TOOLCHAIN__)
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 1
+#else
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
+#endif
+
 // Set this to 1 to be able to use wxCrashReport::Generate() to create mini
 // dumps of your program when it crashes (or at any other moment)
 //
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/setup_inc.h b/include/wx/msw/setup_inc.h
index 639fbe6523..ff5fc00102 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/setup_inc.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/setup_inc.h
@@ -180,6 +180,18 @@
 // Crash debugging helpers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Set this to 1 to use dbghelp.dll for providing stack traces in crash
+// reports.
+//
+// Default is 1 if the compiler supports it, 0 for old MinGW.
+//
+// Recommended setting: 1, there is not much gain in disabling this
+#if defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__MINGW64_TOOLCHAIN__)
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 1
+#else
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
+#endif
+
 // Set this to 1 to be able to use wxCrashReport::Generate() to create mini
 // dumps of your program when it crashes (or at any other moment)
 //
diff --git a/include/wx/stackwalk.h b/include/wx/stackwalk.h
index 1133d6ef7c..c0ba151d75 100644
--- a/include/wx/stackwalk.h
+++ b/include/wx/stackwalk.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #if wxUSE_STACKWALKER
 
+#include "wx/string.h"
+
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxStackFrame;
 
 #define wxSTACKWALKER_MAX_DEPTH       (200)
diff --git a/interface/wx/stackwalk.h b/interface/wx/stackwalk.h
index c27e9158da..808796583f 100644
--- a/interface/wx/stackwalk.h
+++ b/interface/wx/stackwalk.h
@@ -25,13 +25,18 @@
     class from it and override this method.
 
     This class will not return anything except raw stack frame addresses if the
-    debug information is not available. Under Win32 this means that the PDB file
-    matching the program being executed should be present.
+    debug information is not available. Under Microsoft Windows this means that
+    the PDB file matching the program being executed should be present.
     Note that if you use Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, you can create PDB files
     even for the programs built in release mode and it doesn't affect the program
     size (at least if you don't forget to add @c /opt:ref option which is suppressed
     by using @c /debug linker option by default but should be always enabled for
-    release builds).
+    release builds). If your compiler doesn't provide a direct way of
+    generating PDB files but does produce debug information in the older "Code
+    View" format or compatible, which is the case for MinGW, you can use @c
+    cv2pdb tool available at https://github.com/rainers/cv2pdb to create PDB
+    for your binaries which will work well when using this class.
+
     Under Unix, you need to compile your program with debugging information
     (usually using @c -g compiler and linker options) to get the file and line
     numbers information, however function names should be available even without it.
diff --git a/setup.h.in b/setup.h.in
index 6929ae0a48..bca48a99f8 100644
--- a/setup.h.in
+++ b/setup.h.in
@@ -691,6 +691,12 @@
 #define wxUSE_TIMEPICKCTRL_GENERIC 0
 
 
+#if defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__MINGW64_TOOLCHAIN__)
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
+#else
+    #define wxUSE_DBGHELP 0
+#endif
+
 #define wxUSE_CRASHREPORT 0
 /* --- end MSW options --- */
 
diff --git a/src/msw/dlmsw.cpp b/src/msw/dlmsw.cpp
index dedc04ce2a..ff0bb127aa 100644
--- a/src/msw/dlmsw.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dlmsw.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #if wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
 
+#include "wx/dynlib.h"
+
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
 #include "wx/msw/debughlp.h"
 #include "wx/filename.h"
diff --git a/src/msw/stackwalk.cpp b/src/msw/stackwalk.cpp
index 4b59c4a381..4c86de102c 100644
--- a/src/msw/stackwalk.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/stackwalk.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 #include "wx/stackwalk.h"
 
 #include "wx/msw/debughlp.h"
-
-#if wxUSE_DBGHELP
+#include "wx/msw/seh.h"
 
 // ============================================================================
 // implementation
@@ -103,6 +102,8 @@ void wxStackFrame::OnParam(wxSYMBOL_INFO *pSymInfo)
     m_paramTypes.Add(wxEmptyString);
     m_paramNames.Add(pSymInfo->Name);
 
+    wxString value;
+
     // if symbol information is corrupted and we crash, the exception is going
     // to be ignored when we're called from WalkFromException() because of the
     // exception handler there returning EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION, but we'd
@@ -111,22 +112,23 @@ void wxStackFrame::OnParam(wxSYMBOL_INFO *pSymInfo)
 #ifdef _CPPUNWIND
     try
 #else
-    __try
+    wxSEH_TRY
 #endif
     {
         // as it is a parameter (and not a global var), it is always offset by
         // the frame address
         DWORD_PTR pValue = m_addrFrame + pSymInfo->Address;
-        m_paramValues.Add(wxDbgHelpDLL::DumpSymbol(pSymInfo, (void *)pValue));
+        value = wxDbgHelpDLL::DumpSymbol(pSymInfo, (void *)pValue);
     }
 #ifdef _CPPUNWIND
     catch ( ... )
-#else
-    __except ( EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER )
-#endif
     {
-        m_paramValues.Add(wxEmptyString);
     }
+#else
+    wxSEH_IGNORE
+#endif
+
+    m_paramValues.Add(value);
 }
 
 BOOL CALLBACK
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ void wxStackFrame::OnGetParam()
     if ( !wxDbgHelpDLL::CallSymEnumSymbols
                         (
                             ::GetCurrentProcess(),
-                            NULL,               // DLL base: use current context
+                            0,                  // DLL base: use current context
                             EnumSymbolsProc,    // callback
                             this                // data to pass to it
                         ) )
@@ -304,91 +306,47 @@ void wxStackWalker::WalkFromException(size_t maxDepth)
 
 #endif // wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
 
-void wxStackWalker::Walk(size_t skip, size_t WXUNUSED(maxDepth))
+void wxStackWalker::Walk(size_t skip, size_t maxDepth)
 {
-    // to get a CONTEXT for the current location, simply force an exception and
-    // get EXCEPTION_POINTERS from it
-    //
-    // note:
-    //  1. we additionally skip RaiseException() and WalkFrom() frames
-    //  2. explicit cast to EXCEPTION_POINTERS is needed with VC7.1 even if it
-    //     shouldn't have been according to the docs
-    __try
-    {
-        RaiseException(0x1976, 0, 0, NULL);
-    }
-    __except( WalkFrom((EXCEPTION_POINTERS *)GetExceptionInformation(),
-                       skip + 2), EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION )
-    {
-        // never executed because the above expression always evaluates to
-        // EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION
-    }
+    // This code is based on frames.cpp from Edd Dawson's dbg library
+    // (https://bitbucket.org/edd/dbg/) which is distributed under Boost
+    // Software License.
+
+    CONTEXT ctx;
+#ifdef __WIN64__
+    RtlCaptureContext(&ctx);
+#else // Win32
+    // RtlCaptureContext() is not implemented correctly for x86 and can even
+    // crash when frame pointer is omitted, don't use it.
+    wxZeroMemory(ctx);
+    ctx.ContextFlags = CONTEXT_CONTROL;
+
+    #ifdef __GNUC__
+        DWORD regEip, regEsp, regEbp;
+
+        asm volatile ("call 1f\n\t" "1: pop %0" : "=g"(regEip));
+        asm volatile ("movl %%esp, %0" : "=g"(regEsp));
+        asm volatile ("movl %%ebp, %0" : "=g"(regEbp));
+
+        ctx.Eip = regEip;
+        ctx.Esp = regEsp;
+        ctx.Ebp = regEbp;
+    #elif __VISUALC__
+        __asm
+        {
+        Here:
+          mov [ctx.Ebp], ebp
+          mov [ctx.Esp], esp
+          mov eax, [Here]
+          mov [ctx.Eip], eax
+        }
+    #else
+        #error Missing implementation of RtlCaptureContext()
+    #endif
+#endif // Win64/32
+
+    WalkFrom(&ctx, skip, maxDepth);
 }
 
-#else // !wxUSE_DBGHELP
-
-// ============================================================================
-// stubs
-// ============================================================================
-
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxStackFrame
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void wxStackFrame::OnGetName()
-{
-}
-
-void wxStackFrame::OnGetLocation()
-{
-}
-
-bool
-wxStackFrame::GetParam(size_t WXUNUSED(n),
-                       wxString * WXUNUSED(type),
-                       wxString * WXUNUSED(name),
-                       wxString * WXUNUSED(value)) const
-{
-    return false;
-}
-
-void wxStackFrame::OnParam(wxSYMBOL_INFO * WXUNUSED(pSymInfo))
-{
-}
-
-void wxStackFrame::OnGetParam()
-{
-}
-
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxStackWalker
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void
-wxStackWalker::WalkFrom(const CONTEXT * WXUNUSED(pCtx),
-                        size_t WXUNUSED(skip),
-                        size_t WXUNUSED(maxDepth))
-{
-}
-
-void
-wxStackWalker::WalkFrom(const _EXCEPTION_POINTERS * WXUNUSED(ep),
-                        size_t WXUNUSED(skip),
-                        size_t WXUNUSED(maxDepth))
-{
-}
-
-#if wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
-void wxStackWalker::WalkFromException(size_t WXUNUSED(maxDepth))
-{
-}
-#endif // wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
-
-void wxStackWalker::Walk(size_t WXUNUSED(skip), size_t WXUNUSED(maxDepth))
-{
-}
-
-#endif // wxUSE_DBGHELP/!wxUSE_DBGHELP
-
 #endif // wxUSE_STACKWALKER