diff --git a/cmd/flags_run_local_instance.go b/cmd/flags_run_local_instance.go
index a8f891b8..21fe3899 100644
--- a/cmd/flags_run_local_instance.go
+++ b/cmd/flags_run_local_instance.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os/exec"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -77,6 +78,10 @@ func (flags *RunLocalInstanceCommandFlags) MergeToConfig(c *types.Config) error
 		c.Debugflags = append(c.Debugflags, "syscall_summary")
 	}
 
+	if (flags.Trace || flags.SyscallSummary) && !slices.Contains(c.Klibs, "strace") {
+		c.Klibs = append(c.Klibs, "strace") // debugsyscalls, notrace, tracelist, syscall_summary
+	}
+
 	if flags.MissingFiles {
 		c.Debugflags = append(c.Debugflags, "missing_files")
 	}