diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index d7aea2625e6..0d9f392afaf 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ PYTHON_OBJS=	\
 		Python/compile.o \
 		Python/codecs.o \
 		Python/dynamic_annotations.o \
+		Python/dtrace_stubs.o \
 		Python/errors.o \
 		Python/frozenmain.o \
 		Python/future.o \
diff --git a/Python/dtrace_stubs.c b/Python/dtrace_stubs.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0513636400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Python/dtrace_stubs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+#include "pydtrace.h"
+
+#ifndef WITH_DTRACE
+extern inline void PyDTrace_LINE(const char *arg0, const char *arg1, int arg2);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_FUNCTION_ENTRY(const char *arg0, const char *arg1, int arg2);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_FUNCTION_RETURN(const char *arg0, const char *arg1, int arg2);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_GC_START(int arg0);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_GC_DONE(int arg0);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_INSTANCE_NEW_START(int arg0);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_INSTANCE_NEW_DONE(int arg0);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_INSTANCE_DELETE_START(int arg0);
+extern inline void PyDTrace_INSTANCE_DELETE_DONE(int arg0);
+
+extern inline int PyDTrace_LINE_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_FUNCTION_ENTRY_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_FUNCTION_RETURN_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_GC_START_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_GC_DONE_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_INSTANCE_NEW_START_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_INSTANCE_NEW_DONE_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_INSTANCE_DELETE_START_ENABLED(void);
+extern inline int PyDTrace_INSTANCE_DELETE_DONE_ENABLED(void);
+#endif