diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
index e02d74b1e8922ae44a3817699937b6a08090e038..1f4bbd66258db01df4ef433be7bbe88bf655ba9b 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ menuconfig DMADEVICES
 	  DMA Device drivers supported by the configured arch, it may
 	  be empty in some cases.
 
+config DMADEVICES_DEBUG
+        bool "DMA Engine debugging"
+        depends on DMADEVICES != n
+        help
+          This is an option for use by developers; most people should
+          say N here.  This enables DMA engine core and driver debugging.
+
+config DMADEVICES_VDEBUG
+        bool "DMA Engine verbose debugging"
+        depends on DMADEVICES_DEBUG != n
+        help
+          This is an option for use by developers; most people should
+          say N here.  This enables deeper (more verbose) debugging of
+          the DMA engine core and drivers.
+
+
 if DMADEVICES
 
 comment "DMA Devices"
diff --git a/drivers/dma/Makefile b/drivers/dma/Makefile
index 807053d48232e61e8aa56a2ea79a91a6c797f4e3..54112d67ab2e8aa7a0b3d5ec2c6c6695558ead55 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/dma/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_DMADEVICES_DEBUG),y)
+	EXTRA_CFLAGS	+= -DDEBUG
+endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_DMADEVICES_VDEBUG),y)
+	EXTRA_CFLAGS	+= -DVERBOSE_DEBUG
+endif
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE) += dmaengine.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += iovlock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMATEST) += dmatest.o