diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 16a52a71732d80a13ffab70428322183e874b843..f83d29adb37562ac81a310f8abe0a6cd9fa78f57 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ config USER_EVENTS
 	bool "User trace events"
 	select TRACING
 	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
+	depends on BROKEN || COMPILE_TEST # API needs to be straighten out
 	help
 	  User trace events are user-defined trace events that
 	  can be used like an existing kernel trace event.  User trace