diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2bf223a76..bae7ef373f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ members = [
     "serde_keyvalue",
     "tpm2",
     "tpm2-sys",
+    "tracing",
     "usb_sys",
     "usb_util",
     "vfio_sys",
diff --git a/tracing/Cargo.toml b/tracing/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..784508d510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["The Chromium OS Authors"]
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tracing/src/lib.rs b/tracing/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdcf0b0f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracing/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/// A crate that provides noop tracing.
+mod noop;
+
+pub use noop::*;
diff --git a/tracing/src/noop.rs b/tracing/src/noop.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a04d2f2c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracing/src/noop.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Empty macros for when the tracing feature isn't used.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! trace_event {
+    ($category:ident, $name:expr) => {
+        None as Option<bool>
+    };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! trace_event_begin {
+    ($category:ident, $name:expr) => {};
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! trace_event_end {
+    ($category:ident) => {};
+}
+
+pub fn init() {}