diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eaf4fd23..bded7c4d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ function(
         -DLIBCXX_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS=OFF
         -DLIBCXX_TEST_PARAMS=executor=${test_executor}
         -DLIBCXX_SHARED_OUTPUT_NAME="c++-shared"
+        -DLIBUNWIND_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=OFF
         -DLIBUNWIND_ENABLE_SHARED=OFF
         -DLIBUNWIND_ENABLE_STATIC=ON
         -DLIBUNWIND_IS_BAREMETAL=ON