diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.lock b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.lock
index 915229f7e7eef..51f9bb7d6d8c5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.lock
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,6 +163,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.86"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e719e8df665df0d1c8fbfd238015744736151d4445ec0836b8e628aae103b77"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b5b9d34b8991d19d98081b46eacdd8eb58c6f2b201139f7c5f643cc155a633af"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -199,6 +229,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "object",
  "smallvec",
  "tempfile",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -229,6 +260,17 @@ version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.76"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "578e081a14e0cefc3279b0472138c513f37b41a08d5a3cca9b6e4e8ceb6cd525"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.7.1"
@@ -260,6 +302,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.10"
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.toml
index 5caca63f63480..7ef9ae2cf21cc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ object = { version = "0.30.1", default-features = false, features = [
 smallvec = { version = "1.6.1", features = ["union", "may_dangle"] }
 # TODO(antoyo): make tempfile optional.
 tempfile = "3.7.1"
+tracing = "0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 lang_tester = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs
index 6b2dbbbed6771..144fa7dd9414a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use rustc_middle::dep_graph::WorkProduct;
 use rustc_middle::middle::exported_symbols::{SymbolExportInfo, SymbolExportLevel};
 use rustc_session::config::{CrateType, Lto};
 use tempfile::{tempdir, TempDir};
+use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::back::write::save_temp_bitcode;
 use crate::errors::{DynamicLinkingWithLTO, LtoBitcodeFromRlib, LtoDisallowed, LtoDylib};
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/write.rs
index 802968979c722..04362f3302850 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/write.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use rustc_fs_util::link_or_copy;
 use rustc_session::config::OutputType;
 use rustc_span::fatal_error::FatalError;
 use rustc_target::spec::SplitDebuginfo;
+use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::errors::CopyBitcode;
 use crate::{GccCodegenBackend, GccContext};
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/consts.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/consts.rs
index e5673cddc4a4f..97958cd8c900a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/consts.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/consts.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Instance};
 use rustc_middle::{bug, span_bug};
 use rustc_span::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_target::abi::{self, Align, HasDataLayout, Primitive, Size, WrappingRange};
+use tracing::trace;
 
 use crate::base;
 use crate::context::CodegenCx;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/lib.rs
index 94f016234f921..efb79177424db 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ extern crate rustc_middle;
 extern crate rustc_session;
 extern crate rustc_span;
 extern crate rustc_target;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate tracing;
 
 // This prevents duplicating functions and statics that are already part of the host rustc process.
 #[allow(unused_extern_crates)]