diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index c3c447c4b4..799d9990ab 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ function build_octavia_worker_image {
     TOKEN=$(openstack token issue | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO TOKEN "Keystone failed to get token."
 
+    octavia_dib_tracing_arg=
+    if [ "$OCTAVIA_DIB_TRACING" != "0" ]; then
+        octavia_dib_tracing_arg="-x"
+    fi
     if ! [ -f $OCTAVIA_AMP_IMAGE_FILE ]; then
-        $OCTAVIA_DIR/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh -s 2 -o $OCTAVIA_AMP_IMAGE_FILE
+        $OCTAVIA_DIR/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh $octavia_dib_tracing_arg -s 2 -o $OCTAVIA_AMP_IMAGE_FILE
     fi
     upload_image file://${OCTAVIA_AMP_IMAGE_FILE} $TOKEN
 
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index 817ae0754b..b43e8767f1 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -89,3 +89,5 @@ OCTAVIA_PREGENERATED_CERTS_DIR=${OCTAVIA_PREGENERATED_CERTS_DIR:-"${OCTAVIA_DIR}
 OCTAVIA_NODE=${OCTAVIA_NODE:-"standalone"}
 OCTAVIA_CONTROLLER_IP_PORT_LIST=${OCTAVIA_CONTROLLER_IP_PORT_LIST:-"auto"}
 OCTAVIA_MGMT_PORT_IP=${OCTAVIA_MGMT_PORT_IP:-"auto"}
+
+OCTAVIA_DIB_TRACING=${OCTAVIA_DIB_TRACING:-"0"}
diff --git a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
index 768034bcbe..90e8e835f0 100755
--- a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
+++ b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "        '-t' is the image type (default: qcow2)"
     echo "        '-v' display the script version"
     echo "        '-w' working directory for image building (default: .)"
+    echo "        '-x' enable tracing for diskimage-builder"
     echo
     exit 1
 }
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@ if [ -z $OCTAVIA_REPO_PATH ]; then
     AMP_DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
     OCTAVIA_REPO_PATH=${OCTAVIA_REPO_PATH:-${AMP_DIR%/*}}
 fi
+dib_enable_tracing=
 
-while getopts "a:b:c:d:hi:o:t:r:s:vw:" opt; do
+while getopts "a:b:c:d:hi:o:t:r:s:vw:x" opt; do
     case $opt in
         a)
             AMP_ARCH=$OPTARG
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ while getopts "a:b:c:d:hi:o:t:r:s:vw:" opt; do
         w)
             AMP_WORKING_DIR=$OPTARG
         ;;
+        x)  dib_enable_tracing=1
+        ;;
         *)
             usage
         ;;
@@ -396,7 +400,12 @@ if [ "$AMP_BASEOS" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     export DIB_CLOUD_INIT_DATASOURCES=$CLOUD_INIT_DATASOURCES
 fi
 
-disk-image-create -a $AMP_ARCH -o $AMP_OUTPUTFILENAME -t $AMP_IMAGETYPE --image-size $AMP_IMAGESIZE --image-cache $AMP_CACHEDIR $AMP_element_sequence
+dib_trace_arg=
+if [ -n "$dib_enable_tracing" ]; then
+    dib_trace_arg="-x"
+fi
+
+disk-image-create $dib_trace_arg -a $AMP_ARCH -o $AMP_OUTPUTFILENAME -t $AMP_IMAGETYPE --image-size $AMP_IMAGESIZE --image-cache $AMP_CACHEDIR $AMP_element_sequence
 
 popd > /dev/null # out of $TEMP
 rm -rf $TEMP