diff --git a/contrib/platform/win32/CMakeModules/ompi_configure.cmake b/contrib/platform/win32/CMakeModules/ompi_configure.cmake
index dafd7b74ba..273d7195e5 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/win32/CMakeModules/ompi_configure.cmake
+++ b/contrib/platform/win32/CMakeModules/ompi_configure.cmake
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ OMPI_DEF_OPT(OPAL_EVENT_HAVE_THREAD_SUPPORT "Whether we want to enable event lib
 
 OMPI_DEF_OPT(OMPI_RELEASE_BUILD "Whether it is a build for binary release (this will skip the path settings in mca_installdirs_config)." OFF)
 
+OMPI_DEF(OMPI_ENABLE_CONTRIB_vt 0 "Whether we want to enable VampirTrace support." 0 1)
+
 IF (NOT MSVC)
 
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