diff --git a/build-farm.conf b/build-farm.conf
index cfff3c1..71a120a 100644
--- a/build-farm.conf
+++ b/build-farm.conf
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ my $branch;
     # aux_path => "../..",
 
     keep_error_builds => 0,
+    core_file_glob => "core*",   # Linux style, use "*.core" for BSD
     target => "http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/pgstatus.pl",
     upgrade_target => "http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/upgrade.pl",
     animal => "CHANGEME",
diff --git a/run_build.pl b/run_build.pl
index e1c1e96..be167e6 100755
--- a/run_build.pl
+++ b/run_build.pl
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ my (
     $aux_path,$trigger_exclude,$trigger_include,$secret,
     $keep_errs,$force_every, $make, $optional_steps,
     $use_vpath,$tar_log_cmd, $using_msvc, $extra_config,
-    $make_jobs
+    $make_jobs, $core_file_glob
   )
   =@PGBuild::conf{
     qw(build_root target animal print_success aux_path trigger_exclude
       trigger_include secret keep_error_builds force_every make optional_steps
-      use_vpath tar_log_cmd using_msvc extra_config make_jobs)
+      use_vpath tar_log_cmd using_msvc extra_config make_jobs core_file_glob)
   };
 
 #default is no parallel build
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ sub get_stack_trace
     my $pgdata = shift;
 
     # no core = no result
-    my @cores = glob("$pgdata/core*");
+    my @cores = glob("$pgdata/$core_file_glob");
     return () unless @cores;
 
     # no gdb = no result