diff --git a/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/ComponentAccumulator.py b/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/ComponentAccumulator.py
index 6ab763ce724649a07fdc95fd875681bf8e58b3ec..813a1e94ceab34041e720027e11899c9e3cba57d 100644
--- a/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/ComponentAccumulator.py
+++ b/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/ComponentAccumulator.py
@@ -809,6 +809,9 @@ class ComponentAccumulator(object):
         return app
 
     def run(self,maxEvents=None,OutputLevel=3):
+        from AthenaCommon.Debugging import allowPtrace
+        allowPtrace()
+
         app = self.createApp (OutputLevel)
         self.__verifyFinalSequencesStructure()