diff --git a/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h b/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
index faa84fc..3e7f69c 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
+++ b/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
     // Returns the tid of the renderengine thread if it's threaded, and std::nullopt otherwise
     virtual std::optional<pid_t> getRenderEngineTid() const { return std::nullopt; }
 
+    virtual void setEnableTracing(bool /*tracingEnabled*/) {}
+
 protected:
     RenderEngine() : RenderEngine(RenderEngineType::GLES) {}