diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 7570054..34ae464 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -153,4 +153,7 @@
 	synchronize_sched();
 }
 
+#define DEFINE_TRACE_FMT(name, proto, args, fmt)		\
+	DECLARE_TRACE(name, TPPROTO(proto), TPARGS(args))
+
 #endif