diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 686815da3b..7b377aad6d 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ static int netlink_route_change_read_unicast(struct nlmsghdr *h, ns_id_t ns_id,
 	void *src = NULL;     /* IPv6 srcdest   source prefix */
 	enum blackhole_type bh_type = BLACKHOLE_UNSPEC;
 
+	frrtrace(3, frr_zebra, netlink_route_change_read_unicast, h, ns_id,
+		 startup);
+
 	rtm = NLMSG_DATA(h);
 
 	if (startup && h->nlmsg_type != RTM_NEWROUTE)
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_trace.h b/zebra/zebra_trace.h
index 2c23224c27..a43d4a38b7 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_trace.h
+++ b/zebra/zebra_trace.h
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ TRACEPOINT_EVENT(
 		)
 	)
 
+TRACEPOINT_EVENT(
+	frr_zebra,
+	netlink_route_change_read_unicast,
+	TP_ARGS(
+		struct nlmsghdr *, h,
+		ns_id_t, ns_id,
+		int, startup),
+	TP_FIELDS(
+		ctf_integer_hex(intptr_t, h, h)
+		ctf_integer(uint32_t, ns_id, ns_id)
+		ctf_integer(uint32_t, startup, startup)
+		)
+	)
 #include <lttng/tracepoint-event.h>
 
 #endif /* HAVE_LTTNG */