diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index fafeaf803bd04f605dddd103f8bfc7de3ee0651e..f4b86e8ca1e77dba8d969aa009491876186f457f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ config HIST_TRIGGERS
 	bool "Histogram triggers"
 	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select TRACING_MAP
+	select TRACING
 	default n
 	help
 	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields