diff --git a/runtime/core/targets.bzl b/runtime/core/targets.bzl
index efc7853f3c1..e8240135a69 100644
--- a/runtime/core/targets.bzl
+++ b/runtime/core/targets.bzl
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ def get_event_tracer_flags():
     event_tracer_flags = []
     if event_tracer_enabled():
         event_tracer_flags += ["-DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED"]
+    elif not runtime.is_oss:
+        event_tracer_flags += select ({
+            "DEFAULT": [],
+            "fbsource//xplat/executorch/tools/buck/constraints:event-tracer-enabled" : ["-DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED"]
+        })
     return event_tracer_flags
 
 def build_sdk():