diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index ea63b90f46f..e1c4a1898ce 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ Export([
 #######################################################################
 # Environment setup
 
+# Always build trace driver
+if 'trace' not in env['drivers']:
+    env['drivers'].append('trace')
+
 # Includes
 env.Append(CPPPATH = [
 	'#/include',
diff --git a/src/gallium/winsys/xlib/SConscript b/src/gallium/winsys/xlib/SConscript
index a4dabb7804c..8c9d318af2b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/winsys/xlib/SConscript
+++ b/src/gallium/winsys/xlib/SConscript
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ if env['dri']:
     print 'warning: DRI enabled: skipping build of xlib libGL.so'
     Return()
 
-if 'trace' not in env['drivers']:
-    print 'warning: trace pipe driver disabled: skipping build of xlib libGL.so'
-    Return()
-
-if not set(('softpipe', 'llvmpipe', 'trace')).intersection(env['drivers']):
+if not set(('softpipe', 'llvmpipe', 'cell')).intersection(env['drivers']):
     print 'warning: no supported pipe driver: skipping build of xlib libGL.so'
     Return()