diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/cpu.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/cpu.c
index dd8d495e3fc039fd3cea297b383f34103239de8a..e9385de2a6f63c9b045714d712487efe3f38cb90 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void __udelay(unsigned long usec)
 	os_usleep(usec);
 }
 
-unsigned long timer_get_us(void)
+unsigned long __attribute__((no_instrument_function)) timer_get_us(void)
 {
 	return os_get_nsec() / 1000;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/os.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/os.c
index d07540776cc6a8d32fb58a18e752c738c761a06d..541e450bf602d684f22c0876b531e5a6fc586be4 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/os.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/os.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void os_usleep(unsigned long usec)
 	usleep(usec);
 }
 
-u64 os_get_nsec(void)
+u64 __attribute__((no_instrument_function)) os_get_nsec(void)
 {
 #if defined(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) && defined(_POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK)
 	struct timespec tp;
diff --git a/include/configs/sandbox.h b/include/configs/sandbox.h
index 788207d0076f3ce2094bde7a8424e4e0872fe4a7..d7043298e3fb492b18094e90de368962bcf3a367 100644
--- a/include/configs/sandbox.h
+++ b/include/configs/sandbox.h
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
 #define __CONFIG_H
 
+#ifdef FTRACE
+#define CONFIG_TRACE
+#define CONFIG_CMD_TRACE
+#define CONFIG_TRACE_BUFFER_SIZE	(16 << 20)
+#define CONFIG_TRACE_EARLY_SIZE		(8 << 20)
+#define CONFIG_TRACE_EARLY
+#define CONFIG_TRACE_EARLY_ADDR		0x00100000
+
+#endif
+
+#define CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
+#define CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
+
 /* Number of bits in a C 'long' on this architecture */
 #define CONFIG_SANDBOX_BITS_PER_LONG	64