diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7892a9e38c1c..15793e1834ce 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ summary({
             'qcam application': qcam_enabled,
             'lc-compliance application': lc_compliance_enabled,
             'Unit tests': test_enabled,
+            'Tracing support': tracing_enabled,
         },
         section : 'Configuration',
         bool_yn : true)
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index 6fb0d5f49b63..6a3f5160fdcd 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ if libgnutls.found()
 endif
 
 if liblttng.found()
+    tracing_enabled = true
     config_h.set('HAVE_TRACING', 1)
     libcamera_sources += files(['tracepoints.cpp'])
+else
+    tracing_enabled = false
 endif
 
 if libudev.found()