diff --git a/rtc_base/event_tracer.cc b/rtc_base/event_tracer.cc
index e14079e07c..e6acbdca8f 100644
--- a/rtc_base/event_tracer.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/event_tracer.cc
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ const unsigned char* InternalGetCategoryEnabled(const char* name) {
                                                                     : name);
 }
 
+const unsigned char* InternalEnableAllCategories(const char* name) {
+  return reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(name);
+}
+
 void InternalAddTraceEvent(char phase,
                            const unsigned char* category_enabled,
                            const char* name,
@@ -355,11 +359,13 @@ void InternalAddTraceEvent(char phase,
 
 }  // namespace
 
-void SetupInternalTracer() {
+void SetupInternalTracer(bool enable_all_categories) {
   RTC_CHECK(rtc::AtomicOps::CompareAndSwapPtr(
                 &g_event_logger, static_cast<EventLogger*>(nullptr),
                 new EventLogger()) == nullptr);
-  webrtc::SetupEventTracer(InternalGetCategoryEnabled, InternalAddTraceEvent);
+  webrtc::SetupEventTracer(enable_all_categories ? InternalEnableAllCategories
+                                                 : InternalGetCategoryEnabled,
+                           InternalAddTraceEvent);
 }
 
 void StartInternalCaptureToFile(FILE* file) {
diff --git a/rtc_base/event_tracer.h b/rtc_base/event_tracer.h
index 77c2b35597..dc2eaed669 100644
--- a/rtc_base/event_tracer.h
+++ b/rtc_base/event_tracer.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class EventTracer {
 namespace rtc {
 namespace tracing {
 // Set up internal event tracer.
-RTC_EXPORT void SetupInternalTracer();
+RTC_EXPORT void SetupInternalTracer(bool enable_all_categories = true);
 RTC_EXPORT bool StartInternalCapture(absl::string_view filename);
 RTC_EXPORT void StartInternalCaptureToFile(FILE* file);
 RTC_EXPORT void StopInternalCapture();