diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3d5b60d959..a986af452d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4499,6 +4499,8 @@ else
 
 fi
 
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${enable_debug-default}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}${enable_debug-default}" >&6; }
 
 case "$wxUSE_DEBUG" in
     yes)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e12e81c30b..ac5b8c5a5f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,       [  --enable-debug          build library for debuggin
     ],
     wxUSE_DEBUG=default
 )
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${enable_debug-default}])
 
 case "$wxUSE_DEBUG" in
     yes)