diff --git a/src/pybindings/pycontroller/BUILD.gn b/src/pybindings/pycontroller/BUILD.gn
index b15e424098a9b4..032d3bc5a94810 100644
--- a/src/pybindings/pycontroller/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/pybindings/pycontroller/BUILD.gn
@@ -68,7 +68,15 @@ shared_library("CHIPController") {
     "${chip_root}/src/lib/support",
     "${chip_root}/src/platform",
     "${chip_root}/src/setup_payload",
+    "${chip_root}/src/tracing/json",
+    "${chip_root}/src/tracing/perfetto",
+    "${chip_root}/src/tracing/perfetto:file_output",
     "${chip_root}/src/transport",
+    "${chip_root}/third_party/jsoncpp",
+  ]
+  deps = [
+    "${chip_root}/src/tracing/perfetto:event_storage",
+    "${chip_root}/src/tracing/perfetto:simple_initialization",
   ]
   configs += [ ":controller_wno_deprecate" ]
   if (current_os == "mac") {