diff --git a/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.cc b/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.cc
index 758306e05..6d0531f5d 100644
--- a/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.cc
+++ b/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.cc
@@ -235,7 +235,13 @@ LteUeMac::GetTypeId (void)
   static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::LteUeMac")
     .SetParent<Object> ()
     .SetGroupName("Lte")
-    .AddConstructor<LteUeMac> ();
+    .AddConstructor<LteUeMac> ()
+    .AddTraceSource ("RaResponseTimeout",
+                     "trace fired upon RA response timeout",
+                     MakeTraceSourceAccessor (&LteUeMac::m_raResponseTimeoutTrace),
+                     "ns3::LteUeMac::RaResponseTimeoutTracedCallback")
+
+    ;
   return tid;
 }
 
@@ -498,6 +504,9 @@ LteUeMac::RaResponseTimeout (bool contention)
   m_waitingForRaResponse = false;
   // 3GPP 36.321 5.1.4
   ++m_preambleTransmissionCounter;
+  //fire RA response timeout trace
+  m_raResponseTimeoutTrace (m_imsi, contention, m_preambleTransmissionCounter,
+                            m_rachConfig.preambleTransMax + 1);
   if (m_preambleTransmissionCounter == m_rachConfig.preambleTransMax + 1)
     {
       NS_LOG_INFO ("RAR timeout, preambleTransMax reached => giving up");
diff --git a/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.h b/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.h
index 699ca60b9..6be5f60a2 100644
--- a/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.h
+++ b/src/lte/model/lte-ue-mac.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <ns3/packet.h>
 #include <ns3/packet-burst.h>
+#include <ns3/traced-callback.h>
 
 
 namespace ns3 {
@@ -60,6 +61,19 @@ public:
   virtual ~LteUeMac ();
   virtual void DoDispose (void);
 
+  /**
+   * \brief TracedCallback signature for RA response timeout events
+   * exporting IMSI, contention flag, preamble transmission counter
+   * and the max limit of preamble transmission
+   *
+   * \param [in] imsi
+   * \param [in] contention
+   * \param [in] preambleTxCounter
+   * \param [in] maxPreambleTxLimit
+   */
+  typedef void (* RaResponseTimeoutTracedCallback)
+    (uint64_t imsi, bool contention, uint8_t preambleTxCounter, uint8_t maxPreambleTxLimit);
+
   /**
   * \brief Get the LTE MAC SAP provider
   * \return a pointer to the LTE MAC SAP provider
@@ -273,6 +287,13 @@ private:
   uint32_t m_subframeNo; ///< subframe number
   uint8_t m_raRnti; ///< RA RNTI
   bool m_waitingForRaResponse; ///< waiting for RA response
+
+  /**
+   * \brief The `RaResponseTimeout` trace source. Fired RA response timeout.
+   * Exporting IMSI, contention flag, preamble transmission counter
+   * and the max limit of preamble transmission.
+   */
+  TracedCallback<uint64_t, bool, uint8_t, uint8_t> m_raResponseTimeoutTrace;
 };
 
 } // namespace ns3