diff --git a/atom/common/node_includes.h b/atom/common/node_includes.h
index 76ce95a87644..b6317ca024ae 100644
--- a/atom/common/node_includes.h
+++ b/atom/common/node_includes.h
@@ -6,11 +6,26 @@
 #define ATOM_COMMON_NODE_INCLUDES_H_
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
+#include "v8-platform.h"
 
 // Include common headers for using node APIs.
 
 #define BUILDING_NODE_EXTENSION
 
+// The following define makes sure that we do not include the macros
+// again. But we still need the tracing functions, so declaring them.
+#define SRC_TRACING_TRACE_EVENT_H_
+namespace node {
+namespace tracing {
+class TraceEventHelper {
+ public:
+  static v8::TracingController* GetTracingController();
+  static void SetTracingController(v8::TracingController* controller);
+};
+
+}
+}
+
 #undef ASSERT
 #undef CHECK
 #undef CHECK_EQ