diff --git a/processmanager/ebpf/ebpf.go b/processmanager/ebpf/ebpf.go
index 071bf81b3..9b9a1812b 100644
--- a/processmanager/ebpf/ebpf.go
+++ b/processmanager/ebpf/ebpf.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	cebpf "github.com/cilium/ebpf"
 	"github.com/cilium/ebpf/features"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/internal/log"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/tracer/types"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/constraints"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/host"
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ var _ ebpfapi.EbpfHandler = &ebpfMapsImpl{}
 //
 // It further spawns background workers for deferred map updates; the given
 // context can be used to terminate them on shutdown.
-func LoadMaps(ctx context.Context, maps map[string]*cebpf.Map, stackdeltaInnerMapSpec *cebpf.MapSpec) (ebpfapi.EbpfHandler, error) {
+func LoadMaps(ctx context.Context, includeTracers types.IncludedTracers,
+	maps map[string]*cebpf.Map, stackdeltaInnerMapSpec *cebpf.MapSpec) (ebpfapi.EbpfHandler, error) {
 	impl := &ebpfMapsImpl{
 		stackdeltaInnerMapTemplate: stackdeltaInnerMapSpec,
 	}
@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ func LoadMaps(ctx context.Context, maps map[string]*cebpf.Map, stackdeltaInnerMa
 		}
 		mapVal, ok := maps[nameTag]
 		if !ok {
+			if !types.IsMapEnabled(nameTag, includeTracers) {
+				continue
+			}
 			log.Fatalf("Map %v is not available", nameTag)
 		}
 		implRefVal.Field(i).Set(reflect.ValueOf(mapVal))
diff --git a/tracer/tracer.go b/tracer/tracer.go
index f25bec4c4..f77c9bee8 100644
--- a/tracer/tracer.go
+++ b/tracer/tracer.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func NewTracer(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Tracer, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load eBPF code: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	ebpfHandler, err := pmebpf.LoadMaps(ctx, ebpfMaps, stackdeltaInnerMapSpec)
+	ebpfHandler, err := pmebpf.LoadMaps(ctx, cfg.IncludeTracers, ebpfMaps, stackdeltaInnerMapSpec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load eBPF maps: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -559,6 +559,11 @@ func loadAllMaps(coll *cebpf.CollectionSpec, cfg *Config,
 			// Off CPU Profiling is disabled. So do not load this map.
 			continue
 		}
+
+		if !types.IsMapEnabled(mapName, cfg.IncludeTracers) {
+			log.Debugf("Skipping eBPF map %s: tracer not enabled", mapName)
+			continue
+		}
 		if newSize, ok := adaption[mapName]; ok {
 			log.Debugf("Size of eBPF map %s: %v", mapName, newSize)
 			mapSpec.MaxEntries = newSize
diff --git a/tracer/types/parse.go b/tracer/types/parse.go
index ed36934fc..78b55eacf 100644
--- a/tracer/types/parse.go
+++ b/tracer/types/parse.go
@@ -51,6 +51,34 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
+// IsMapEnabled checks if the given map is enabled and should be loaded.
+func IsMapEnabled(mapName string, includeTracers IncludedTracers) bool {
+	switch mapName {
+	case "perl_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(PerlTracer)
+	case "php_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(PHPTracer)
+	case "py_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(PythonTracer)
+	case "hotspot_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(HotspotTracer)
+	case "ruby_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(RubyTracer)
+	case "v8_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(V8Tracer)
+	case "dotnet_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(DotnetTracer)
+	case "beam_procs":
+		return includeTracers.Has(BEAMTracer)
+	case "go_labels_procs", "apm_int_procs":
+		// go_labels_procs and apm_int_procs are called from
+		// unwind_stop and therefore need to be available all the time.
+		return true
+	default:
+		return true // Not an interpreter map, so it should be loaded
+	}
+}
+
 // tracerTypeFromName returns the tracer type for the given name.
 func tracerTypeFromName(s string) (tracerType, bool) {
 	tt, ok := tracerNameToType[s]