diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/execution_context.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/execution_context.rs
index d12c02c161dfa..a5e1e9bcc07df 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/execution_context.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/execution_context.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use crate::core::config::DryRun;
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
+use crate::trace_cmd;
 use crate::{BehaviorOnFailure, BootstrapCommand, CommandOutput, OutputMode, exit};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default)]
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/mingw-check-2/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/mingw-check-2/Dockerfile
index a1d04bd984c6e..ce18a181d313d 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/mingw-check-2/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/mingw-check-2/Dockerfile
@@ -36,4 +36,7 @@ ENV SCRIPT \
         RUSTDOCFLAGS=\"--document-private-items --document-hidden-items\" python3 ../x.py doc --stage 1 library && \
         mkdir -p /checkout/obj/staging/doc && \
         cp -r build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/doc /checkout/obj/staging && \
-        RUSTDOCFLAGS=\"--document-private-items --document-hidden-items\" python3 ../x.py doc --stage 1 library/test
+        RUSTDOCFLAGS=\"--document-private-items --document-hidden-items\" python3 ../x.py doc --stage 1 library/test && \
+        # The BOOTSTRAP_TRACING flag is added to verify whether the 
+        # bootstrap process compiles successfully with this flag enabled.
+        BOOTSTRAP_TRACING=1 python3 ../x.py --help