diff --git a/server/request.c b/server/request.c
index 07cc5fb..c01a70e 100644
--- a/server/request.c
+++ b/server/request.c
@@ -800,6 +800,9 @@
 
     /* init startup time */
     gettimeofday( &server_start_time, NULL );
+
+    /* init the process tracing mechanism */
+    init_tracing_mechanism();
 }
 
 /* master socket timer expiration handler */