diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs
index a06709dbd..237faf709 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module Hledger.Utils (---- provide these frequently used modules - or not, for c
                           -- module Test.HUnit,
                           -- module Text.Printf,
                           ---- all of this one:
-                          module Hledger.Utils
+                          module Hledger.Utils,
+                          Debug.Trace.trace
                           ---- and this for i18n - needs to be done in each module I think:
                           -- module Hledger.Utils.UTF8
                           )