diff --git a/core/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.hpp b/core/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.hpp
index b4f36f12..8ca4f9f9 100644
--- a/core/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.hpp
+++ b/core/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.hpp
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include "controller/ExperimentFlow.hpp"
 #include "util/MemoryMap.hpp"
+#include "config/FailConfig.hpp"
 
 #include "plugins/tracing/trace.pb.h"
 
+// Check if configuration dependencies are satisfied:
+#if !defined(CONFIG_EVENT_BREAKPOINTS) || !defined(CONFIG_EVENT_MEMREAD) || !defined(CONFIG_EVENT_MEMWRITE)
+  #error This experiment needs: breakpoints & read/write memory access. Enable these in the cmake-configuration tool.
+#endif
+
 /**
  * \class TracingPlugin
  *