diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index 513a68d3..d729f52d 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ using CUDAapi
 using CUDAdrv
 using LLVM
 
+# FIXME: replace with an additional log level when we depend on 0.7+
+macro trace(ex...)
+    esc(:(@debug $(ex...)))
+end
+
 
 ## auxiliary routines
 
diff --git a/src/CUDAnative.jl b/src/CUDAnative.jl
index 0cdfb58b..2893e8e9 100644
--- a/src/CUDAnative.jl
+++ b/src/CUDAnative.jl
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ if !configured
     const cuda_driver_version = v"5.5"
 end
 
+# FIXME: replace with an additional log level when we depend on 0.7+
+macro trace(ex...)
+    esc(:(@debug $(ex...)))
+end
+
 include("cgutils.jl")
 include("pointer.jl")