diff --git a/config/esp32/components/chip/CMakeLists.txt b/config/esp32/components/chip/CMakeLists.txt
index 03c56c9bed8a4c..58ba92bb39fa9f 100644
--- a/config/esp32/components/chip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/config/esp32/components/chip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ if (CONFIG_SEC_CERT_DAC_PROVIDER)
 endif()
 
 if (CONFIG_ENABLE_ESP_INSIGHTS_TRACE)
+  chip_gn_arg_bool("matter_enable_tracing_support"  "true")
   chip_gn_arg_append("matter_trace_config" "\"${CHIP_ROOT}/src/tracing/esp32_trace:esp32_trace_tracing\"")
 endif()