diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2eae52b2eac..a327aaa8d5a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@
 [submodule "src/tools/rust-analyzer"]
 	path = src/tools/rust-analyzer
 	url = https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer.git
+[submodule "library/backtrace"]
+	path = library/backtrace
+	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/backtrace-rs.git
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42f749ca90c..f6f2468055a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 [[package]]
-name = "adler32"
-version = "1.0.3"
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e522997b529f05601e05166c07ed17789691f562762c7f3b987263d2dedee5c"
+checksum = "1b6a2d3371669ab3ca9797670853d61402b03d0b4b9ebf33d677dfa720203072"
+dependencies = [
+ "compiler_builtins",
+ "gimli",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-alloc",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee2a4ec343196209d6594e19543ae87a39f96d5534d7174822a3ad825dd6ed7e"
+dependencies = [
+ "compiler_builtins",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-core",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
@@ -125,28 +141,14 @@ checksum = "f8aac770f1885fd7e387acedd76065302551364496e46b3dd00860b2f8359b9d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.46"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1e692897359247cc6bb902933361652380af0f1b7651ae5c5013407f30e109e"
+version = "0.3.50"
 dependencies = [
- "backtrace-sys",
+ "addr2line",
  "cfg-if",
- "compiler_builtins",
  "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
  "rustc-demangle",
- "rustc-std-workspace-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "backtrace-sys"
-version = "0.1.37"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18fbebbe1c9d1f383a9cc7e8ccdb471b91c8d024ee9c2ca5b5346121fe8b4399"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "compiler_builtins",
- "libc",
- "rustc-std-workspace-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -689,9 +691,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e91d5240c6975ef33aeb5f148f35275c25eda8e8a5f95abe421978b05b8bf192"
+checksum = "ba125de2af0df55319f41944744ad91c71113bf74a4646efff39afe1f6842db1"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -1024,9 +1026,9 @@ checksum = "37ab347416e802de484e4d03c7316c48f1ecb56574dfd4a46a80f173ce1de04d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
-version = "1.0.12"
+version = "1.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ad3c5233c9a940c8719031b423d7e6c16af66e031cb0420b0896f5245bf181d3"
+checksum = "68c90b0fc46cf89d227cc78b40e494ff81287a92dd07631e5af0d06fe3cf885e"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "crc32fast",
@@ -1160,6 +1162,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aaf91faf136cb47367fa430cd46e37a788775e7fa104f8b4bcb3861dc389b724"
+dependencies = [
+ "compiler_builtins",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-alloc",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
 version = "0.13.5"
@@ -1820,11 +1833,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f3f74f726ae935c3f514300cc6773a0c9492abc5e972d42ba0c0ebb88757625"
+checksum = "be0f75932c1f6cfae3c04000e40114adf955636e19040f9c0a2c380702aa1c7f"
 dependencies = [
- "adler32",
+ "adler",
+ "compiler_builtins",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-alloc",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1956,6 +1972,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ab52be62400ca80aa00285d25253d7f7c437b7375c4de678f5405d3afe82ca5"
+dependencies = [
+ "compiler_builtins",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-alloc",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -4348,8 +4375,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "std"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
  "alloc",
- "backtrace",
  "cfg-if",
  "compiler_builtins",
  "core",
@@ -4358,10 +4385,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
  "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
  "panic_abort",
  "panic_unwind",
  "profiler_builtins",
  "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rustc-demangle",
  "unwind",
  "wasi",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4e49d697be1..1936e35aa4c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ overflow-checks = false
 # per-crate configuration isn't specifiable in the environment.
 codegen-units = 10000
 
+# These dependencies of the standard library implement symbolication for
+# backtraces on most platforms. Their debuginfo causes both linking to be slower
+# (more data to chew through) and binaries to be larger without really all that
+# much benefit. This section turns them all to down to have no debuginfo which
+# helps to improve link times a little bit.
+[profile.release.package]
+addr2line.debug = 0
+adler.debug = 0
+gimli.debug = 0
+miniz_oxide.debug = 0
+object.debug = 0
+
 # We want the RLS to use the version of Cargo that we've got vendored in this
 # repository to ensure that the same exact version of Cargo is used by both the
 # RLS and the Cargo binary itself. The RLS depends on Cargo as a git repository
@@ -80,5 +92,11 @@ rustc-std-workspace-core = { path = 'library/rustc-std-workspace-core' }
 rustc-std-workspace-alloc = { path = 'library/rustc-std-workspace-alloc' }
 rustc-std-workspace-std = { path = 'library/rustc-std-workspace-std' }
 
+# This crate's integration with libstd is a bit wonky, so we use a submodule
+# instead of a crates.io dependency. Make sure everything else in the repo is
+# also using the submodule, however, so we can avoid duplicate copies of the
+# source code for this crate.
+backtrace = { path = "library/backtrace" }
+
 [patch."https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy"]
 clippy_lints = { path = "src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints" }
diff --git a/library/backtrace b/library/backtrace
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..4083a90168d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/backtrace
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4083a90168d605b682ba166a0c01f86b3384e474
diff --git a/library/std/Cargo.toml b/library/std/Cargo.toml
index b4951488fd8..474765d8638 100644
--- a/library/std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/library/std/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ profiler_builtins = { path = "../profiler_builtins", optional = true }
 unwind = { path = "../unwind" }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.6.2", default-features = false, features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
 
-[dependencies.backtrace_rs]
-package = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.46"
-default-features = false # without the libstd `backtrace` feature, stub out everything
-features = [ "rustc-dep-of-std" ] # enable build support for integrating into libstd
+# Dependencies of the `backtrace` crate
+addr2line = { version = "0.13.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
+rustc-demangle = { version = "0.1.4", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
+miniz_oxide = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
+[dependencies.object]
+version = "0.20"
+optional = true
+default-features = false
+features = ['read_core', 'elf', 'macho', 'pe']
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.7"
@@ -45,11 +49,12 @@ wasi = { version = "0.9.0", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'], default-features =
 
 [features]
 backtrace = [
-  "backtrace_rs/dbghelp",          # backtrace/symbolize on MSVC
-  "backtrace_rs/libbacktrace",     # symbolize on most platforms
-  "backtrace_rs/libunwind",        # backtrace on most platforms
-  "backtrace_rs/dladdr",           # symbolize on platforms w/o libbacktrace
+  "gimli-symbolize",
+  'addr2line/rustc-dep-of-std',
+  'object/rustc-dep-of-std',
+  'miniz_oxide/rustc-dep-of-std',
 ]
+gimli-symbolize = []
 
 panic-unwind = ["panic_unwind"]
 profiler = ["profiler_builtins"]
diff --git a/library/std/build.rs b/library/std/build.rs
index 43a3327d84b..83073cc77dd 100644
--- a/library/std/build.rs
+++ b/library/std/build.rs
@@ -88,4 +88,5 @@ fn main() {
         println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=feature=\"restricted-std\"");
     }
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=STD_ENV_ARCH={}", env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap());
+    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=backtrace_in_libstd");
 }
diff --git a/library/std/src/backtrace.rs b/library/std/src/backtrace.rs
index 02e6811bc3f..09f83ea5fca 100644
--- a/library/std/src/backtrace.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/backtrace.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 // `Backtrace`, but that's a relatively small price to pay relative to capturing
 // a backtrace or actually symbolizing it.
 
+use crate::backtrace_rs::{self, BytesOrWideString};
 use crate::env;
 use crate::ffi::c_void;
 use crate::fmt;
@@ -98,8 +99,6 @@
 use crate::sync::Mutex;
 use crate::sys_common::backtrace::{lock, output_filename};
 use crate::vec::Vec;
-use backtrace::BytesOrWideString;
-use backtrace_rs as backtrace;
 
 /// A captured OS thread stack backtrace.
 ///
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ struct BacktraceFrame {
 }
 
 enum RawFrame {
-    Actual(backtrace::Frame),
+    Actual(backtrace_rs::Frame),
     #[cfg(test)]
     Fake,
 }
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for BacktraceSymbol {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(fmt, "{{ ")?;
 
-        if let Some(fn_name) = self.name.as_ref().map(|b| backtrace::SymbolName::new(b)) {
+        if let Some(fn_name) = self.name.as_ref().map(|b| backtrace_rs::SymbolName::new(b)) {
             write!(fmt, "fn: \"{:#}\"", fn_name)?;
         } else {
             write!(fmt, "fn: <unknown>")?;
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
                 BytesOrWide::Bytes(w) => BytesOrWideString::Bytes(w),
                 BytesOrWide::Wide(w) => BytesOrWideString::Wide(w),
             },
-            backtrace::PrintFmt::Short,
+            backtrace_rs::PrintFmt::Short,
             crate::env::current_dir().as_ref().ok(),
         )
     }
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ fn create(ip: usize) -> Backtrace {
         let mut frames = Vec::new();
         let mut actual_start = None;
         unsafe {
-            backtrace::trace_unsynchronized(|frame| {
+            backtrace_rs::trace_unsynchronized(|frame| {
                 frames.push(BacktraceFrame {
                     frame: RawFrame::Actual(frame.clone()),
                     symbols: Vec::new(),
@@ -356,9 +355,9 @@ fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
 
         let full = fmt.alternate();
         let (frames, style) = if full {
-            (&capture.frames[..], backtrace::PrintFmt::Full)
+            (&capture.frames[..], backtrace_rs::PrintFmt::Full)
         } else {
-            (&capture.frames[capture.actual_start..], backtrace::PrintFmt::Short)
+            (&capture.frames[capture.actual_start..], backtrace_rs::PrintFmt::Short)
         };
 
         // When printing paths we try to strip the cwd if it exists, otherwise
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
             output_filename(fmt, path, style, cwd.as_ref().ok())
         };
 
-        let mut f = backtrace::BacktraceFmt::new(fmt, style, &mut print_path);
+        let mut f = backtrace_rs::BacktraceFmt::new(fmt, style, &mut print_path);
         f.add_context()?;
         for frame in frames {
             let mut f = f.frame();
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
                 for symbol in frame.symbols.iter() {
                     f.print_raw(
                         frame.frame.ip(),
-                        symbol.name.as_ref().map(|b| backtrace::SymbolName::new(b)),
+                        symbol.name.as_ref().map(|b| backtrace_rs::SymbolName::new(b)),
                         symbol.filename.as_ref().map(|b| match b {
                             BytesOrWide::Bytes(w) => BytesOrWideString::Bytes(w),
                             BytesOrWide::Wide(w) => BytesOrWideString::Wide(w),
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ fn resolve(&mut self) {
                 RawFrame::Fake => unimplemented!(),
             };
             unsafe {
-                backtrace::resolve_frame_unsynchronized(frame, |symbol| {
+                backtrace_rs::resolve_frame_unsynchronized(frame, |symbol| {
                     symbols.push(BacktraceSymbol {
                         name: symbol.name().map(|m| m.as_bytes().to_vec()),
                         filename: symbol.filename_raw().map(|b| match b {
diff --git a/library/std/src/lib.rs b/library/std/src/lib.rs
index c6e5b0a492a..30e1514a8b8 100644
--- a/library/std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/lib.rs
@@ -511,6 +511,10 @@ pub mod task {
 // compiler
 pub mod rt;
 
+#[path = "../../backtrace/src/lib.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code, unused_attributes)]
+mod backtrace_rs;
+
 // Pull in the `std_detect` crate directly into libstd. The contents of
 // `std_detect` are in a different repository: rust-lang/stdarch.
 //
diff --git a/library/std/src/panicking.rs b/library/std/src/panicking.rs
index 9542e7209b4..ab2a6010306 100644
--- a/library/std/src/panicking.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/panicking.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ fn default_hook(info: &PanicInfo<'_>) {
     // If this is a double panic, make sure that we print a backtrace
     // for this panic. Otherwise only print it if logging is enabled.
     let backtrace_env = if panic_count::get() >= 2 {
-        RustBacktrace::Print(backtrace_rs::PrintFmt::Full)
+        RustBacktrace::Print(crate::backtrace_rs::PrintFmt::Full)
     } else {
         backtrace::rust_backtrace_env()
     };
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs b/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs
index e9b1e86d7ae..d386a656e4f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::backtrace_rs::{self, BacktraceFmt, BytesOrWideString, PrintFmt};
 use crate::borrow::Cow;
 /// Common code for printing the backtrace in the same way across the different
 /// supported platforms.
@@ -9,8 +10,6 @@
 use crate::sync::atomic::{self, Ordering};
 use crate::sys::mutex::Mutex;
 
-use backtrace_rs::{BacktraceFmt, BytesOrWideString, PrintFmt};
-
 /// Max number of frames to print.
 const MAX_NB_FRAMES: usize = 100;
 
diff --git a/rustfmt.toml b/rustfmt.toml
index cb689098f89..26cdcfff2a3 100644
--- a/rustfmt.toml
+++ b/rustfmt.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ignore = [
     "src/test",
 
     # do not format submodules
+    "library/backtrace",
     "library/stdarch",
     "src/doc/book",
     "src/doc/edition-guide",
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
index 7f10d7895a5..a4a1d5193b9 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
@@ -1016,7 +1016,17 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> PathBuf {
         let src_files = ["Cargo.lock"];
         // This is the reduced set of paths which will become the rust-src component
         // (essentially libstd and all of its path dependencies).
-        copy_src_dirs(builder, &builder.src, &["library"], &[], &dst_src);
+        copy_src_dirs(
+            builder,
+            &builder.src,
+            &["library"],
+            &[
+                // not needed and contains symlinks which rustup currently
+                // chokes on when unpacking.
+                "library/backtrace/crates",
+            ],
+            &dst_src,
+        );
         for file in src_files.iter() {
             builder.copy(&builder.src.join(file), &dst_src.join(file));
         }
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
index e50d27f8006..e340a0e3f24 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "MIT",
     "Unlicense/MIT",
     "Unlicense OR MIT",
+    "0BSD OR MIT OR Apache-2.0", // adler license
 ];
 
 /// These are exceptions to Rust's permissive licensing policy, and
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
     ("ryu", "Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0"),       // rls/cargo/... (because of serde)
     ("bytesize", "Apache-2.0"),             // cargo
     ("im-rc", "MPL-2.0+"),                  // cargo
-    ("adler32", "BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib"),   // cargo dep that isn't used
     ("constant_time_eq", "CC0-1.0"),        // rustfmt
     ("sized-chunks", "MPL-2.0+"),           // cargo via im-rc
     ("bitmaps", "MPL-2.0+"),                // cargo via im-rc
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
 /// This list is here to provide a speed-bump to adding a new dependency to
 /// rustc. Please check with the compiler team before adding an entry.
 const PERMITTED_DEPENDENCIES: &[&str] = &[
-    "adler32",
+    "addr2line",
+    "adler",
     "aho-corasick",
     "annotate-snippets",
     "ansi_term",
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@
     "atty",
     "autocfg",
     "backtrace",
-    "backtrace-sys",
     "bitflags",
     "block-buffer",
     "block-padding",
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     "generic-array",
     "getopts",
     "getrandom",
+    "gimli",
     "hashbrown",
     "hermit-abi",
     "humantime",
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
     "miniz_oxide",
     "nodrop",
     "num_cpus",
+    "object",
     "once_cell",
     "opaque-debug",
     "parking_lot",
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs
index 08b2fccd73f..19218cbd66a 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ macro_rules! tidy_error {
 fn filter_dirs(path: &Path) -> bool {
     let skip = [
         "src/llvm-project",
+        "library/backtrace",
         "library/stdarch",
         "src/tools/cargo",
         "src/tools/clippy",