diff --git a/include/trace/skb.h b/include/trace/skb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3aa864697c095732e5010eb9085aa52b626a3806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/skb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef _TRACE_SKB_H_
+#define _TRACE_SKB_H_
+
+DECLARE_TRACE(kfree_skb,
+	TPPROTO(struct sk_buff *skb, void *location),
+	TPARGS(skb, location));
+
+#endif
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index 26a37cb3192316a715f7128bb717a3346d8ae76c..d47092bc525c5666e716c481fa0edb16d980a83c 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN) += pktgen.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NETPOLL) += netpoll.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += user_dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FIB_RULES) += fib_rules.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += net-traces.o
+
diff --git a/net/core/net-traces.c b/net/core/net-traces.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c8fb45665e4f4af4cf6ced67fe90fff64f74e3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/core/net-traces.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * consolidates trace point definitions
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/inetdevice.h>
+#include <linux/inet.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/netpoll.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/net_dropmon.h>
+#include <trace/skb.h>
+
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
+#include <asm/bitops.h>
+
+
+DEFINE_TRACE(kfree_skb);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_skb);