diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index d79f5b7..5e9f832 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@
     defines += [ "RTC_DISABLE_LOGGING" ]
   }
 
+  if (rtc_disable_trace_events) {
+    defines += [ "RTC_DISABLE_TRACE_EVENTS" ]
+  }
+
   if (build_with_chromium) {
     defines += [
       # NOTICE: Since common_inherited_config is used in public_configs for our
diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_audio.cc b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_audio.cc
index 190bbd2..67e98f6 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_audio.cc
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_audio.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 namespace {
 
+#if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
 const char* FrameTypeToString(AudioFrameType frame_type) {
   switch (frame_type) {
     case AudioFrameType::kEmptyFrame:
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
       return "audio_cn";
   }
 }
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace
 
@@ -133,8 +135,10 @@
                                uint32_t rtp_timestamp,
                                const uint8_t* payload_data,
                                size_t payload_size) {
+  #if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
   TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_STEP1("webrtc", "Audio", rtp_timestamp, "Send", "type",
                           FrameTypeToString(frame_type));
+  #endif
 
   // From RFC 4733:
   // A source has wide latitude as to how often it sends event updates. A
diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_video.cc b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_video.cc
index 436962c..9592b06 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_video.cc
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_sender_video.cc
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+#if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
 const char* FrameTypeToString(VideoFrameType frame_type) {
   switch (frame_type) {
     case VideoFrameType::kEmptyFrame:
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@
       return "";
   }
 }
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace
 
@@ -418,8 +420,10 @@
     const RTPFragmentationHeader* fragmentation,
     RTPVideoHeader video_header,
     absl::optional<int64_t> expected_retransmission_time_ms) {
+  #if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
   TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_STEP1("webrtc", "Video", capture_time_ms, "Send", "type",
                           FrameTypeToString(video_header.frame_type));
+  #endif
   RTC_CHECK_RUNS_SERIALIZED(&send_checker_);
 
   if (video_header.frame_type == VideoFrameType::kEmptyFrame)
diff --git a/pc/rtc_stats_integrationtest.cc b/pc/rtc_stats_integrationtest.cc
index cd61678..075dc63 100644
--- a/pc/rtc_stats_integrationtest.cc
+++ b/pc/rtc_stats_integrationtest.cc
@@ -998,7 +998,10 @@
 
   rtc::scoped_refptr<const RTCStatsReport> report = GetStatsFromCaller();
   RTCStatsReportVerifier(report.get()).VerifyReport({});
+
+  #if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
   EXPECT_EQ(report->ToJson(), RTCStatsReportTraceListener::last_trace());
+  #endif
 }
 
 TEST_F(RTCStatsIntegrationTest, GetStatsFromCallee) {
@@ -1006,7 +1009,10 @@
 
   rtc::scoped_refptr<const RTCStatsReport> report = GetStatsFromCallee();
   RTCStatsReportVerifier(report.get()).VerifyReport({});
+
+  #if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
   EXPECT_EQ(report->ToJson(), RTCStatsReportTraceListener::last_trace());
+  #endif
 }
 
 // These tests exercise the integration of the stats selection algorithm inside
@@ -1086,8 +1092,10 @@
   // Any pending stats requests should have completed in the act of destroying
   // the peer connection.
   ASSERT_TRUE(stats_obtainer->report());
+  #if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
   EXPECT_EQ(stats_obtainer->report()->ToJson(),
             RTCStatsReportTraceListener::last_trace());
+  #endif
 }
 
 TEST_F(RTCStatsIntegrationTest, GetsStatsWhileClosingPeerConnection) {
@@ -1099,8 +1107,10 @@
   caller_->pc()->Close();
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(stats_obtainer->report());
+  #if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
   EXPECT_EQ(stats_obtainer->report()->ToJson(),
             RTCStatsReportTraceListener::last_trace());
+  #endif
 }
 
 // GetStatsReferencedIds() is optimized to recognize what is or isn't a
diff --git a/rtc_base/event_tracer_unittest.cc b/rtc_base/event_tracer_unittest.cc
index 2556d24..79cc9c0 100644
--- a/rtc_base/event_tracer_unittest.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/event_tracer_unittest.cc
@@ -45,22 +45,6 @@
   int events_logged_ RTC_GUARDED_BY(crit_) = 0;
 };
 
-const unsigned char* GetCategoryEnabledHandler(const char* /*name*/) {
-  return reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>("test");
-}
-
-void TraceEventHandler(char /*phase*/,
-                       const unsigned char* /*category_enabled*/,
-                       const char* /*name*/,
-                       unsigned long long /*id*/,
-                       int /*num_args*/,
-                       const char** /*arg_names*/,
-                       const unsigned char* /*arg_types*/,
-                       const unsigned long long* /*arg_values*/,
-                       unsigned char /*flags*/) {
-  TestStatistics::Get()->Increment();
-}
-
 }  // namespace
 
 namespace webrtc {
@@ -71,11 +55,27 @@
   TestStatistics::Get()->Reset();
 }
 
+#if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
 TEST(EventTracerTest, ScopedTraceEvent) {
-  SetupEventTracer(&GetCategoryEnabledHandler, &TraceEventHandler);
+  SetupEventTracer(
+      [](const char* /*name*/) {
+        return reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>("test");
+      },
+      [](char /*phase*/,
+         const unsigned char* /*category_enabled*/,
+         const char* /*name*/,
+         unsigned long long /*id*/,
+         int /*num_args*/,
+         const char** /*arg_names*/,
+         const unsigned char* /*arg_types*/,
+         const unsigned long long* /*arg_values*/,
+         unsigned char /*flags*/) {
+        TestStatistics::Get()->Increment();
+      });
   { TRACE_EVENT0("test", "ScopedTraceEvent"); }
   EXPECT_EQ(2, TestStatistics::Get()->Count());
   TestStatistics::Get()->Reset();
 }
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace webrtc
diff --git a/rtc_base/trace_event.h b/rtc_base/trace_event.h
index fee9a7f..a0b788f 100644
--- a/rtc_base/trace_event.h
+++ b/rtc_base/trace_event.h
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@
 #error "Another copy of trace_event.h has already been included."
 #endif
 
+#if defined(RTC_DISABLE_TRACE_EVENTS)
+#define RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED 0
+#else
+#define RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED 1
+#endif
+
+// Type values for identifying types in the TraceValue union.
+#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_BOOL         (static_cast<unsigned char>(1))
+#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_UINT         (static_cast<unsigned char>(2))
+#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_INT          (static_cast<unsigned char>(3))
+#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_DOUBLE       (static_cast<unsigned char>(4))
+#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_POINTER      (static_cast<unsigned char>(5))
+#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_STRING       (static_cast<unsigned char>(6))
+#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_COPY_STRING  (static_cast<unsigned char>(7))
+
+#if RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
+
 // Extracted from Chromium's src/base/debug/trace_event.h.
 
 // This header is designed to give you trace_event macros without specifying
@@ -626,15 +643,6 @@
 #define TRACE_EVENT_FLAG_HAS_ID      (static_cast<unsigned char>(1 << 1))
 #define TRACE_EVENT_FLAG_MANGLE_ID   (static_cast<unsigned char>(1 << 2))
 
-// Type values for identifying types in the TraceValue union.
-#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_BOOL         (static_cast<unsigned char>(1))
-#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_UINT         (static_cast<unsigned char>(2))
-#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_INT          (static_cast<unsigned char>(3))
-#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_DOUBLE       (static_cast<unsigned char>(4))
-#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_POINTER      (static_cast<unsigned char>(5))
-#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_STRING       (static_cast<unsigned char>(6))
-#define TRACE_VALUE_TYPE_COPY_STRING  (static_cast<unsigned char>(7))
-
 namespace webrtc {
 namespace trace_event_internal {
 
@@ -882,5 +890,133 @@
 
 }  // namespace trace_event_internal
 }  // namespace webrtc
+#else
 
-#endif  // RTC_BASE_TRACE_EVENT_H_
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// This section defines no-op alternatives to the tracing macros when
+// RTC_DISABLE_TRACE_EVENTS is defined.
+
+#define RTC_NOOP() do {} while (0)
+
+#define TRACE_STR_COPY(str) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT(name) "disabled-by-default-" name
+
+#define TRACE_ID_MANGLE(id) 0
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT0(category, name) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT1(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT2(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val, arg2_name, arg2_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_INSTANT0(category, name) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_INSTANT1(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_INSTANT2(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_INSTANT0(category, name) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_INSTANT1(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_INSTANT2(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_BEGIN0(category, name) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_BEGIN1(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_BEGIN2(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_BEGIN0(category, name) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_BEGIN1(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_BEGIN2(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_END0(category, name) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_END1(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_END2(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_END0(category, name) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_END1(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_END2(category, name, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_COUNTER1(category, name, value) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_COPY_COUNTER1(category, name, value) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_COUNTER2(category, name, value1_name, value1_val, \
+        value2_name, value2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_COPY_COUNTER2(category, name, value1_name, value1_val, \
+        value2_name, value2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_COUNTER_ID1(category, name, id, value) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_COPY_COUNTER_ID1(category, name, id, value) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_COUNTER_ID2(category, name, id, value1_name, value1_val, \
+        value2_name, value2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_COPY_COUNTER_ID2(category, name, id, value1_name, value1_val, \
+        value2_name, value2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_BEGIN0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_BEGIN1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_BEGIN2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_BEGIN0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_BEGIN1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_BEGIN2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_STEP0(category, name, id, step) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_STEP1(category, name, id, step, \
+                                      arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_STEP0(category, name, id, step) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_STEP1(category, name, id, step, \
+        arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_END0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_END1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_ASYNC_END2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_END0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_END1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_ASYNC_END2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_BEGIN0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_BEGIN1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_BEGIN2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_BEGIN0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_BEGIN1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_BEGIN2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_STEP0(category, name, id, step) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_STEP1(category, name, id, step, \
+        arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_STEP0(category, name, id, step) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_STEP1(category, name, id, step, \
+        arg1_name, arg1_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_END0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_END1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FLOW_END2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_END0(category, name, id) RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_END1(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val) \
+    RTC_NOOP()
+#define TRACE_EVENT_COPY_FLOW_END2(category, name, id, arg1_name, arg1_val, \
+        arg2_name, arg2_val) RTC_NOOP()
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_API_GET_CATEGORY_ENABLED ""
+
+#define TRACE_EVENT_API_ADD_TRACE_EVENT RTC_NOOP()
+
+#endif  // RTC_TRACE_EVENTS_ENABLED
+
+#endif  // RTC_BASE_TRACE_EVENT_H_
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webrtc.gni b/webrtc.gni
index 5dabc44..2aefe25 100644
--- a/webrtc.gni
+++ b/webrtc.gni
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@
 
   # Set this to true to fully remove logging from WebRTC.
   rtc_disable_logging = false
+
+  # Set this to true to disable trace events.
+  rtc_disable_trace_events = false
 }
 
 # Make it possible to provide custom locations for some libraries (move these