diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 666e3a6..1a2e4ca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,17 +3,9 @@ variables:
   PACKAGES_LIST: ros2trace tracetools tracetools_launch tracetools_read tracetools_test tracetools_trace
   base_image_id: registry.gitlab.com/micro-ros/ros_tracing/ci_base
 
-build_enabled:
-  image: $base_image_id
-  script:
-    - vcs import < instrumentation.repos
-    - rosdep install --from-paths . -i . -i /root/ws --rosdistro dashing -y
-    - lttng-sessiond --daemonize
-    - . /root/ws/install/local_setup.sh
-    - colcon build --symlink-install --packages-up-to $PACKAGES_LIST
-    - . install/local_setup.sh
-    - colcon test --packages-select $PACKAGES_LIST
-    - colcon test-result
+image: $base_image_id
+
+.global_artifacts: &global_artifacts
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - install
@@ -23,3 +15,26 @@ build_enabled:
       junit:
         - build/*/test_results/*/*.xunit.xml
         - build/*/pytest.xml
+
+before_script:
+  - vcs import < instrumentation.repos
+  - rosdep install --from-paths . -i . -i /root/ws --rosdistro dashing -y
+  - . /root/ws/install/local_setup.sh
+
+build_enabled:
+  script:
+    - lttng-sessiond --daemonize
+    - colcon build --symlink-install --packages-up-to $PACKAGES_LIST
+    - . install/local_setup.sh
+    - colcon test --packages-select $PACKAGES_LIST
+    - colcon test-result
+  <<: *global_artifacts
+
+build:
+  script:
+    - rm colcon.meta
+    - colcon build --symlink-install --packages-up-to $PACKAGES_LIST
+    - . install/local_setup.sh
+    - colcon test --packages-select $PACKAGES_LIST
+    - colcon test-result
+  <<: *global_artifacts
diff --git a/colcon.meta b/colcon.meta
index bd5a97b..d5559d4 100644
--- a/colcon.meta
+++ b/colcon.meta
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@
         "-DWITH_LTTNG=ON",
       ],
     },
+    "tracetools_test": {
+      "cmake-args": [
+        "-DWITH_LTTNG=ON",
+      ],
+    },
   },
 }
diff --git a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
index f07af0b..8c85a14 100644
--- a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   find_package(ament_lint_auto REQUIRED)
   ament_lint_auto_find_test_dependencies()
 
-  ament_add_gtest(test_utils test/test_utils.cpp)
-  if(TARGET test_utils)
-    target_link_libraries(test_utils ${PROJECT_NAME} -rdynamic)
+  # Only build tracetools utils tests if LTTng is enabled and found
+  if(TRACETOOLS_LTTNG_ENABLED)
+    ament_add_gtest(test_utils test/test_utils.cpp)
+    if(TARGET test_utils)
+      target_link_libraries(test_utils ${PROJECT_NAME} -rdynamic)
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/tracetools_test/CMakeLists.txt b/tracetools_test/CMakeLists.txt
index aeaf7c7..e383cd6 100644
--- a/tracetools_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tracetools_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
 
+option(WITH_LTTNG "Include support for tracing with LTTng" OFF)
+
 # Tests
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
   find_package(rclcpp REQUIRED)
@@ -116,29 +118,38 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   find_package(ament_lint_auto REQUIRED)
   ament_lint_auto_find_test_dependencies()
 
-  find_package(ament_cmake_pytest REQUIRED)
+  # Only build tracing tests if LTTng is enabled and found
+  if(WITH_LTTNG)
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(LTTNG REQUIRED lttng-ust)
+    if(LTTNG_FOUND)
+      message("LTTng found: tracing tests enabled")
 
-  # Run each test in its own pytest invocation
-  set(_tracetools_test_pytest_tests
-    test/test_intra.py
-    test/test_node.py
-    test/test_publisher.py
-    test/test_service.py
-    test/test_service_callback.py
-    test/test_subscription.py
-    test/test_subscription_callback.py
-    test/test_timer.py
-  )
+      find_package(ament_cmake_pytest REQUIRED)
 
-  foreach(_test_path ${_tracetools_test_pytest_tests})
-    get_filename_component(_test_name ${_test_path} NAME_WE)
-    ament_add_pytest_test(${_test_name} ${_test_path}
-      PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}"
-      APPEND_ENV AMENT_PREFIX_PATH=${ament_index_build_path}
-        PYTHONPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-      TIMEOUT 60
-    )
-  endforeach()
+      # Run each test in its own pytest invocation
+      set(_tracetools_test_pytest_tests
+        test/test_intra.py
+        test/test_node.py
+        test/test_publisher.py
+        test/test_service.py
+        test/test_service_callback.py
+        test/test_subscription.py
+        test/test_subscription_callback.py
+        test/test_timer.py
+      )
+
+      foreach(_test_path ${_tracetools_test_pytest_tests})
+        get_filename_component(_test_name ${_test_path} NAME_WE)
+        ament_add_pytest_test(${_test_name} ${_test_path}
+          PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}"
+          APPEND_ENV AMENT_PREFIX_PATH=${ament_index_build_path}
+            PYTHONPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+          TIMEOUT 60
+        )
+      endforeach()
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 ament_package()