diff --git a/src/mod.zig b/src/mod.zig
index e8b62566bfef61074737bb58fa4bb72f33dc1834..b5cd4b62d6327973d1cb2f3e505fdc218584dfb8 100644
--- a/src/mod.zig
+++ b/src/mod.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const root = @import("root");
-const impl = std.meta.globalOption("tracer_impl", type) orelse none;
+const extras = @import("extras");
+const impl = extras.globalOption(type, "tracer_impl") orelse none;
 
 threadlocal var started = false;
 
diff --git a/zigmod.yml b/zigmod.yml
index b60ce9399bd95518035d39907a9480c23e522718..a63fecf277ba141b3285b31fa78ce915dc2af5c9 100644
--- a/zigmod.yml
+++ b/zigmod.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ main: src/mod.zig
 license: MIT
 description: Generic tracing library for Zig, supports multiple backends.
 dependencies:
+  - src: git https://github.com/nektro/zig-extras