diff --git a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f3ea39..df522cf 100644
--- a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ else()
 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)
 
 if(NOT TRACETOOLS_DISABLED)
   # Set TRACETOOLS_LTTNG_ENABLED if we can find lttng-ust
@@ -94,17 +95,19 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
 )
 ament_export_targets(${PROJECT_NAME}_export HAS_LIBRARY_TARGET)
 
-# Status checking tool
-add_executable(status
-  src/status.c
-)
-target_link_libraries(status
-  ${PROJECT_NAME}
-)
-install(TARGETS
-  status
-  DESTINATION lib/${PROJECT_NAME}
-)
+if(TRACETOOLS_STATUS_CHECKING_TOOL)
+  # Status checking tool
+  add_executable(status
+    src/status.c
+  )
+  target_link_libraries(status
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}
+  )
+  install(TARGETS
+    status
+    DESTINATION lib/${PROJECT_NAME}
+  )
+endif()
 
 install(
   DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/
diff --git a/tracetools/include/tracetools/utils.hpp b/tracetools/include/tracetools/utils.hpp
index e3c934d..db947e6 100644
--- a/tracetools/include/tracetools/utils.hpp
+++ b/tracetools/include/tracetools/utils.hpp
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <functional>
 
+#include "tracetools/config.h"
 #include "tracetools/visibility_control.hpp"
 
 /// Default symbol, used when address resolution fails.
 #define SYMBOL_UNKNOWN "UNKNOWN"
 
+#ifndef TRACETOOLS_DISABLED
+
 TRACETOOLS_PUBLIC const char * _demangle_symbol(const char * mangled);
 
 TRACETOOLS_PUBLIC const char * _get_symbol_funcptr(void * funcptr);
@@ -62,4 +65,6 @@ const char * get_symbol(L && l)
   return _demangle_symbol(typeid(l).name());
 }
 
+#endif  // TRACETOOLS_DISABLED
+
 #endif  // TRACETOOLS__UTILS_HPP_