1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tapsets.cxx b/tapsets.cxx
index 09ead991..9aa4964f 100644
--- a/tapsets.cxx
+++ b/tapsets.cxx
@@ -3882,6 +3882,9 @@ dwarf_builder::build(systemtap_session & sess,
     {
       module_name = find_executable (module_name); // canonicalize it
 
+      if (sess.kernel_config["CONFIG_UTRACE"] != string("y"))
+        throw semantic_error ("process probes not available without kernel CONFIG_UTRACE");
+
       // user-space target; we use one dwflpp instance per module name
       // (= program or shared library)
       dw = get_user_dw(sess, module_name);