diff --git a/drd/drd_main.c b/drd/drd_main.c
index 358ec83..f4417d9 100644
--- a/drd/drd_main.c
+++ b/drd/drd_main.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 static Bool s_var_info;
 static Bool s_show_stack_usage;
 static Bool s_trace_alloc;
+static Bool trace_sectsuppr;
 
 
 /**
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
    else if VG_BOOL_CLO(arg, "--trace-hb",            trace_hb) {}
    else if VG_BOOL_CLO(arg, "--trace-mutex",         trace_mutex) {}
    else if VG_BOOL_CLO(arg, "--trace-rwlock",        trace_rwlock) {}
+   else if VG_BOOL_CLO(arg, "--trace-sectsuppr",     trace_sectsuppr) {}
    else if VG_BOOL_CLO(arg, "--trace-segment",       trace_segment) {}
    else if VG_BOOL_CLO(arg, "--trace-semaphore",     trace_semaphore) {}
    else if VG_BOOL_CLO(arg, "--trace-suppr",         trace_suppression) {}
@@ -250,6 +252,8 @@
 "    --trace-conflict-set-bm=yes|no Trace all conflict set bitmap\n"
 "                              updates [no]. Note: enabling this option\n"
 "                              will generate a lot of output !\n"
+"    --trace-sectsuppr=yes|no  Trace which the dynamic library sections on\n"
+"                              which data race detection is suppressed.\n"
 "    --trace-segment=yes|no    Trace segment actions [no].\n"
 "    --trace-suppr=yes|no      Trace all address suppression actions [no].\n"
 );
@@ -396,8 +400,6 @@
    drd_start_using_mem(a1, len, is_stack_memory);
 }
 
-static const Bool trace_sectsuppr = False;
-
 /**
  * Suppress data race reports on all addresses contained in .plt, .got and
  * .got.plt sections inside the address range [ a, a + len [. The data in