diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/core_ctl_helper.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/core_ctl_helper.c
index 7f674229f1f8..3dde30d29a1c 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/core_ctl_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/core_ctl_helper.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2015, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -17,8 +17,23 @@
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <trace/events/power.h>
 #include <soc/qcom/core_ctl.h>
 
+void core_ctl_trace(int type, int cpu, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3)
+{
+	switch (type) {
+	case CORE_CTL_EVAL_NEED:
+		trace_core_ctl_eval_need(cpu, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+	break;
+
+	case CORE_CTL_SET_BUSY:
+		 trace_core_ctl_set_busy(cpu, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+	break;
+	};
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(core_ctl_trace);
+
 void core_ctl_block_hotplug(void)
 {
 	get_online_cpus();
diff --git a/include/soc/qcom/core_ctl.h b/include/soc/qcom/core_ctl.h
index 39bce9fc8fdd..08b43058b37c 100644
--- a/include/soc/qcom/core_ctl.h
+++ b/include/soc/qcom/core_ctl.h
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 #ifndef __SOC_QCOM_CORE_CTL_H
 #define __SOC_QCOM_CORE_CTL_H
 
+enum {
+	CORE_CTL_EVAL_NEED,
+	CORE_CTL_SET_BUSY,
+	CORE_CTL_N_TRACE_EVENTS,
+};
+
 extern void core_ctl_block_hotplug(void);
 extern void core_ctl_unblock_hotplug(void);
 extern s64 core_ctl_get_time(void);
@@ -23,4 +29,7 @@ extern struct device *core_ctl_find_cpu_device(unsigned cpu);
 extern int core_ctl_online_core(unsigned int cpu);
 extern int core_ctl_offline_core(unsigned int cpu);
 
+#define USE_CORE_CTL_TRACE
+extern void core_ctl_trace(int type, int cpu, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3);
+
 #endif