diff -up cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/cmpi_callbacks.i.trace cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/cmpi_callbacks.i
--- cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/cmpi_callbacks.i.trace	2012-05-04 15:47:18.000000000 +0200
+++ cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/cmpi_callbacks.i	2012-12-05 09:18:07.044502907 +0100
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ typedef struct _CMPIBroker {} CMPIBroker
     RAISE_IF(CMLogMessage($self, severity, id, text, NULL)); 
   }
 
+  void TraceMessage(
+    int severity, 
+    const char *component, 
+    const char *text) 
+  {
+    RAISE_IF(CMTraceMessage($self, severity, component, text, NULL)); 
+  }
+
   int version() 
   {
     return CBBrokerVersion($self);
diff -up cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/python/cmpi_pywbem_bindings.py.trace cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/python/cmpi_pywbem_bindings.py
--- cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/python/cmpi_pywbem_bindings.py.trace	2012-12-05 09:18:07.040502914 +0100
+++ cmpi-bindings-0.5.2/swig/python/cmpi_pywbem_bindings.py	2012-12-05 09:49:03.673962824 +0100
@@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ _log_pri_map = {
         cmpi.CMPI_DEV_DEBUG    :syslog.LOG_DEBUG,
         }
 
+_trace_prefix_map = {
+    cmpi.CMPI_LEV_VERBOSE      :"DEBG",
+    cmpi.CMPI_LEV_INFO         :"INFO",
+    cmpi.CMPI_LEV_WARNING      :"WARN",
+}
+
 class Logger(object):
     def __init__(self, broker, miname):
         #self.broker = ExceptionClassWrapper(broker)
@@ -396,6 +402,14 @@ class Logger(object):
             if e.get_error_code() == cmpi.CMPI_RC_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED: 
                 syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DAEMON | _log_pri_map[severity], 
                         '%s: %s' % (self.miname, msg))
+    def __trace_message(self, severity, component, msg):
+        try:
+            self.broker.TraceMessage(severity, component, msg);
+        except cmpi.CMPIException, e:
+            if e.get_error_code() == cmpi.CMPI_RC_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED:
+                # fall back to log_debug if tracing is not supported
+                self.log_debug("%s:%s: %s" % (
+                        component, _trace_prefix_map[severity], msg))
     def log_error(self, msg):
         self.__log_message(cmpi.CMPI_SEV_ERROR, msg);
     def log_info(self, msg):
@@ -404,6 +418,12 @@ class Logger(object):
         self.__log_message(cmpi.CMPI_SEV_WARNING, msg);
     def log_debug(self, msg):
         self.__log_message(cmpi.CMPI_DEV_DEBUG, msg);
+    def trace_verbose(self, component, msg):
+        self.__trace_message(cmpi.CMPI_LEV_VERBOSE, component, msg)
+    def trace_info(self, component, msg):
+        self.__trace_message(cmpi.CMPI_LEV_INFO, component, msg)
+    def trace_warn(self, component, msg):
+        self.__trace_message(cmpi.CMPI_LEV_WARNING, component, msg)
 
 class ProviderEnvironment(object):
     def __init__(self, proxy, ctx):
@@ -437,7 +457,7 @@ class CMPIProxyProvider(object):
         env = ProviderEnvironment(self, None)
         provmod = miname
         if provmod[0] != '/':
-            provmod = '/usr/lib/pycim/' + provmod
+            provmod = '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycim/' + provmod
         if not provmod.endswith('.py'):
             provmod+= '.py'
         self.proxy = ProviderProxy(env, provmod)