diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ec60e5f..2250d0e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
 PMPMEAS_CPP_SOURCE
 PMPMEAS_C_SOURCE
+ADDITIONAL_DEFS
 USER_INC
 USER_LIBS
 PAPICNTMAX
@@ -4203,9 +4204,8 @@ done
 
 $as_echo "#define _COLLECT_METRICS /**/" >>confdefs.h
 
-
-$as_echo "#define PMPMEAS_USERTRACE /**/" >>confdefs.h
-
+    #AC_DEFINE(PMPMEAS_USERTRACE, [], [Tell pmpmeas to compile in R compatible way])
+    ADDITIONAL_DEFS="-DPMPMEAS_USERTRACE $ADDITIONAL_DEFS" #Tell pmpmeas to file in R compatible way
 fi
 
 USER_LIBS="$user_libs"
@@ -4213,6 +4213,7 @@ USER_INC="$user_inc"
 
 
 
+
 ## PMPMEAS OBJECTS
 
 # Dynamically generate list of sources from subdirectories via shell
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ece9d36..a0a3dd4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -115,13 +115,15 @@ if test "X$enable_metrics" != "Xno"; then
     fi 
 
     AC_DEFINE(_COLLECT_METRICS, [], [Enable rTrace metric collection])
-    AC_DEFINE(PMPMEAS_USERTRACE, [], [Tell pmpmeas to compile in R compatible way])
+    #AC_DEFINE(PMPMEAS_USERTRACE, [], [Tell pmpmeas to compile in R compatible way])
+    ADDITIONAL_DEFS="-DPMPMEAS_USERTRACE $ADDITIONAL_DEFS" #Tell pmpmeas to file in R compatible way
 fi
 
 USER_LIBS="$user_libs"
 USER_INC="$user_inc"
 AC_SUBST(USER_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(USER_INC)
+AC_SUBST(ADDITIONAL_DEFS)
 
 ## PMPMEAS OBJECTS
 
diff --git a/src/Makevars.am b/src/Makevars.am
index aff4e72..46ae5a7 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.am
+++ b/src/Makevars.am
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ PAPICNTMAX				= @PAPICNTMAX@
 PMPMEAS_PKG_CPPFLAGS	= -DPAPICNTMAX=${PAPICNTMAX}
 USER_LIBS               = @USER_LIBS@
 USER_INC               = @USER_INC@
+ADDITIONAL_DEFS = @ADDITIONAL_DEFS@
 
 # Flags for headers and libraries when compiling R packages
-PKG_CPPFLAGS= ${DEFS} ${DEFAULT_INCLUDES} ${INCLUDES} ${AM_CPPFLAGS} \
+PKG_CPPFLAGS= ${DEFS} ${ADDITIONAL_DEFS} ${DEFAULT_INCLUDES} ${INCLUDES} ${AM_CPPFLAGS} \
 	${CPPFLAGS} ${AM_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} \
     ${PMPMEAS_PKG_CPPFLAGS} ${USER_INC}
 PKG_LIBS	= @LIBS@ ${AM_LIBS} ${USER_LIBS}
diff --git a/src/Makevars.in b/src/Makevars.in
index c423831..6e8fb3e 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.in
+++ b/src/Makevars.in
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ am__relativize = \
   done; \
   reldir="$$dir2"
 ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@
+ADDITIONAL_DEFS = @ADDITIONAL_DEFS@
 AMTAR = @AMTAR@
 AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY = @AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY@
 AUTOCONF = @AUTOCONF@
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ AM_LIBS = -L. -L$(srcdir)/pmpmeas/src/lib/
 PMPMEAS_PKG_CPPFLAGS = -DPAPICNTMAX=${PAPICNTMAX}
 
 # Flags for headers and libraries when compiling R packages
-PKG_CPPFLAGS = ${DEFS} ${DEFAULT_INCLUDES} ${INCLUDES} ${AM_CPPFLAGS} \
+PKG_CPPFLAGS = ${DEFS} ${ADDITIONAL_DEFS} ${DEFAULT_INCLUDES} ${INCLUDES} ${AM_CPPFLAGS} \
 	${CPPFLAGS} ${AM_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} \
     ${PMPMEAS_PKG_CPPFLAGS} ${USER_INC}
 
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index a4d64ad..4e7fa97 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
 #undef PACKAGE_VERSION
 
-/* Tell pmpmeas to compile in R compatible way */
-#undef PMPMEAS_USERTRACE
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
 #undef STDC_HEADERS