diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h b/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h
index 439e063277..2eb91956f6 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 
 #if CONFIG_WPA_DEBUG_PRINT
+#define DEBUG_PRINT
 #if defined(CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL_DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL_VERBOSE)
 #define ELOOP_DEBUG
 #endif