diff --git a/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/TargetProperty.java b/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/TargetProperty.java
index fcb903e753..2805f77f44 100644
--- a/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/TargetProperty.java
+++ b/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/TargetProperty.java
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public enum TargetProperty {
      * true or false, or a dictionary of options.
      */
     TRACING("tracing", UnionType.TRACING_UNION,
-            Arrays.asList(Target.C, Target.CCPP, Target.CPP), (config, value) -> {
+            Arrays.asList(Target.C, Target.CCPP, Target.CPP, Target.Python), (config, value) -> {
                 if (value.getLiteral() != null) {
                     if (ASTUtils.toBoolean(value)) {
                         config.tracing = new TracingOptions();
diff --git a/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/generator/PythonGenerator.xtend b/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/generator/PythonGenerator.xtend
index 4d2e5fdf9c..1a65624323 100644
--- a/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/generator/PythonGenerator.xtend
+++ b/org.lflang/src/org/lflang/generator/PythonGenerator.xtend
@@ -1000,8 +1000,19 @@ class PythonGenerator extends CGenerator {
      */
     override includeTargetLanguageHeaders() {
         pr('''#define MODULE_NAME LinguaFranca«topLevelName»''')
-        pr('''#define __GARBAGE_COLLECTED''')    	
+        pr('''#define __GARBAGE_COLLECTED''') 
+        if (targetConfig.tracing !== null) {
+            var filename = "";
+            if (targetConfig.tracing.traceFileName !== null) {
+                filename = targetConfig.tracing.traceFileName;
+            }
+            pr('#define LINGUA_FRANCA_TRACE ' + filename)
+        }
+                       
         pr('#include "pythontarget.c"')
+        if (targetConfig.tracing !== null) {
+            pr('#include "core/trace.c"')            
+        }
     }
 
     /** Generate C code from the Lingua Franca model contained by the
diff --git a/test/Python/src/HelloWorld.lf b/test/Python/src/HelloWorld.lf
index 3391381394..cff6e5510c 100644
--- a/test/Python/src/HelloWorld.lf
+++ b/test/Python/src/HelloWorld.lf
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-target Python;
+target Python {
+    tracing: true
+};
 reactor HelloWorld2 {
     reaction(startup) {=
         print("Hello World.")
@@ -6,4 +8,4 @@ reactor HelloWorld2 {
 }
 main reactor HelloWorld {
     a = new HelloWorld2();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}