diff --git a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
index df522cf..0610075 100644
--- a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ find_package(ament_cmake_ros REQUIRED)
 
 if(WIN32)
   set(DISABLED_DEFAULT ON)
+  set(STATUS_CHECKING_TOOL_DEFAULT OFF)
 else()
   set(DISABLED_DEFAULT OFF)
+  set(STATUS_CHECKING_TOOL_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()
 option(TRACETOOLS_DISABLED "Explicitly disable support for tracing" ${DISABLED_DEFAULT})
 option(TRACETOOLS_NO_RDYNAMIC "Disable export of -rdynamic link flag" OFF)
-option(TRACETOOLS_STATUS_CHECKING_TOOL "Enable the status checking tool" ON)
+option(TRACETOOLS_STATUS_CHECKING_TOOL "Enable the status checking tool" ${STATUS_CHECKING_TOOL_DEFAULT})
 
 if(NOT TRACETOOLS_DISABLED)
   # Set TRACETOOLS_LTTNG_ENABLED if we can find lttng-ust
diff --git a/tracetools/src/utils.cpp b/tracetools/src/utils.cpp
index 8622476..8b5389e 100644
--- a/tracetools/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/tracetools/src/utils.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 #include "tracetools/config.h"
 
+#ifndef TRACETOOLS_DISABLED
+
 #ifdef TRACETOOLS_LTTNG_ENABLED
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <cxxabi.h>
@@ -48,3 +50,5 @@ const char * _get_symbol_funcptr(void * funcptr)
   return "DISABLED__get_symbol_funcptr";
 #endif
 }
+
+#endif  // TRACETOOLS_DISABLED