diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fd75c3341ff..a06768f272ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ project(CoreCLR)
 # Enable @rpath support for shared libraries.
 set(MACOSX_RPATH ON)
 
+set(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX_ALPINE 1)
+
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.0 OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.0)
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0042 NEW)
 endif()
@@ -85,6 +87,13 @@ elseif(WIN32)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX_ALPINE)
+  set(CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE 0)
+  add_compile_options(-fshort-wchar)
+else()
+  set(CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE 1)
+endif()
+
 if(WIN32)
     enable_language(ASM_MASM)
 else()
@@ -217,9 +226,9 @@ elseif (CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_UNIX)
 
 endif(WIN32)
 
-if (WIN32 OR CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX)
+if ((WIN32 OR CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX) AND CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
   add_definitions(-DFEATURE_EVENT_TRACE=1)
-endif (WIN32 OR CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX)
+endif ((WIN32 OR CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX) AND CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
 
 if (CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX)
     add_definitions(-DFEATURE_EVENTSOURCE_XPLAT=1)
@@ -705,4 +714,4 @@ else ()
   endif ()
 endif (IS_64BIT_BUILD EQUAL 1)
 
-add_subdirectory(src)
+#add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/src/ToolBox/SOS/lldbplugin/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ToolBox/SOS/lldbplugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 6eb30054caf6..c6c44134824e 100644
--- a/src/ToolBox/SOS/lldbplugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ToolBox/SOS/lldbplugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ elseif(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_ARCH_ARM64)
     return()
 endif()
 
+if(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX_ALPINE)
+    message(WARNING "lldb is not supported on Alpine Linux yet")
+    return()
+endif()
+
 set(ENABLE_LLDBPLUGIN ${CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_UNIX} CACHE BOOL "Enable building the SOS plugin for LLDB.")
 set(REQUIRE_LLDBPLUGIN ${CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX} CACHE BOOL "Require building the SOS plugin for LLDB.")
 
diff --git a/src/dlls/mscoree/coreclr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dlls/mscoree/coreclr/CMakeLists.txt
index 297a41143c9d..d4359b976ae5 100644
--- a/src/dlls/mscoree/coreclr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dlls/mscoree/coreclr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ else()
     )
 endif(WIN32)
 
-if(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX)
+if(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX AND CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
     list(APPEND CORECLR_LIBRARIES
         eventprovider
   )
   
-endif(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX)
+endif(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX AND CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
 
 target_link_libraries(coreclr ${CORECLR_LIBRARIES}) 
 
diff --git a/src/pal/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pal/CMakeLists.txt
index 8753538e4eb6..2181b5c66b50 100644
--- a/src/pal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12.2)
 
 project(COREPAL)
 
+set(PAL_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE 0)
+
 include_directories(${COREPAL_SOURCE_DIR}/inc)
 include_directories(${COREPAL_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 include_directories(${COREPAL_SOURCE_DIR}/../inc)
diff --git a/src/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ad5425b8df25..2787659a522c 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux)
     unwind
     unwind-generic
     uuid
+    intl
   )
 endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux)
 
@@ -254,9 +255,9 @@ endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
 
 add_subdirectory(examples)
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux)
+if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux) AND PAL_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
 add_subdirectory(eventprovider)
-endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux)
+endif((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux) AND PAL_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
 
 # Install the static PAL library for VS
 install (TARGETS coreclrpal DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/src/pal/src/configure.cmake b/src/pal/src/configure.cmake
index 333f0094c59e..2131713d02c7 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/pal/src/configure.cmake
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ else() # Anything else is Linux
     unset(HAVE_LIBUNWIND_H CACHE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find libunwind. Try installing libunwind8 and libunwind8-dev (or the appropriate packages for your platform)")
   endif()
-  if(NOT HAVE_LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_H)
+  if(NOT HAVE_LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_H AND PAL_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
     unset(HAVE_LTTNG_TRACEPOINT_H CACHE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find liblttng-ust-dev. Try installing liblttng-ust-dev  (or the appropriate packages for your platform)")
   endif()
diff --git a/src/pal/src/loader/module.cpp b/src/pal/src/loader/module.cpp
index 4d0426d8b581..1f0bb73faa9f 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/loader/module.cpp
+++ b/src/pal/src/loader/module.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ Module Name:
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
-#if defined(__LINUX__)
+#if defined(__LINUX__) && defined(__GLIBC__)
 #include <gnu/lib-names.h>
+#else
+#define LIBC_SO "libc.so"
 #endif
 
 using namespace CorUnix;
diff --git a/src/pal/src/misc/sysinfo.cpp b/src/pal/src/misc/sysinfo.cpp
index f444e8c13140..89eec0a2f412 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/misc/sysinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/pal/src/misc/sysinfo.cpp
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ PAL_GetLogicalProcessorCacheSizeFromOS()
 {
     size_t cacheSize = 0;
 
-#if HAVE_SYSCONF && defined(__LINUX__)
+#if HAVE_SYSCONF && defined(__LINUX__) && defined(_SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_SIZE_)
     cacheSize = max(cacheSize, sysconf(_SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_SIZE));
     cacheSize = max(cacheSize, sysconf(_SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_SIZE));
     cacheSize = max(cacheSize, sysconf(_SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_SIZE));
diff --git a/src/pal/src/safecrt/internal_securecrt.h b/src/pal/src/safecrt/internal_securecrt.h
index 012b6f733328..d188111da891 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/safecrt/internal_securecrt.h
+++ b/src/pal/src/safecrt/internal_securecrt.h
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 #ifndef _INC_INTERNAL_SECURECRT
 #define _INC_INTERNAL_SECURECRT
 
+typedef unsigned long __uint64_t;
+typedef signed long __int64_t;
+typedef __int64_t int64_t;
+typedef __uint64_t uint64_t;
+
 /* more VS specific goodness */
 #define __out_ecount_z( x )
 #define __out_ecount( x )
diff --git a/src/pal/src/safecrt/output.inl b/src/pal/src/safecrt/output.inl
index 1a333187ec09..8675f07cfce2 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/safecrt/output.inl
+++ b/src/pal/src/safecrt/output.inl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 //typedef __int64_t __int64;
 
 
+#define __GNUC_VA_LIST
 #define FORMAT_VALIDATIONS
 
 typedef double  _CRT_DOUBLE;
diff --git a/src/pal/src/safecrt/safecrt_output_l.c b/src/pal/src/safecrt/safecrt_output_l.c
index 36b98c29753d..72b9bc5ea65e 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/safecrt/safecrt_output_l.c
+++ b/src/pal/src/safecrt/safecrt_output_l.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 ****/
 
 #define _SAFECRT_IMPL
+#define __GNUC_VA_LIST
 
 #define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
 #include "pal/palinternal.h"
diff --git a/src/pal/src/thread/context.cpp b/src/pal/src/thread/context.cpp
index ebd4383a71eb..589f4b363120 100644
--- a/src/pal/src/thread/context.cpp
+++ b/src/pal/src/thread/context.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void CONTEXTToNativeContext(CONST CONTEXT *lpContext, native_context_t *native)
 
     if ((lpContext->ContextFlags & CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT) == CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT)
     {
-#ifdef _AMD64_
+#if 0 //_AMD64_
         FPREG_ControlWord(native) = lpContext->FltSave.ControlWord;
         FPREG_StatusWord(native) = lpContext->FltSave.StatusWord;
         FPREG_TagWord(native) = lpContext->FltSave.TagWord;
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ void CONTEXTFromNativeContext(const native_context_t *native, LPCONTEXT lpContex
     
     if ((contextFlags & CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT) == CONTEXT_FLOATING_POINT)
     {
-#ifdef _AMD64_
+#if 0//def _AMD64_
         lpContext->FltSave.ControlWord = FPREG_ControlWord(native);
         lpContext->FltSave.StatusWord = FPREG_StatusWord(native);
         lpContext->FltSave.TagWord = FPREG_TagWord(native);
diff --git a/src/pal/tests/palsuite/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pal/tests/palsuite/CMakeLists.txt
index 19464a3bc7fd..07560c6807a7 100644
--- a/src/pal/tests/palsuite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pal/tests/palsuite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ add_subdirectory(miscellaneous)
 add_subdirectory(pal_specific)
 add_subdirectory(samples)
 add_subdirectory(threading)
-add_subdirectory(eventprovider)
+if(PAL_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
+    add_subdirectory(eventprovider)
+endif()
 
diff --git a/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt b/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt
index e9e59f82fbe7..70208c593011 100644
--- a/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/vm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ set(VM_SOURCES_WKS
     weakreferencenative.cpp
 )
 
-if(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX OR WIN32)
+if((CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX OR WIN32) AND CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
     list(APPEND VM_SOURCES_WKS
         eventtrace.cpp
         )
-endif(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX OR WIN32)
+endif((CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_LINUX OR WIN32) AND CLR_CMAKE_ENABLE_TRACE)
 
 if(WIN32)