diff --git a/components/ssl/Kconfig b/components/ssl/Kconfig
index 3bf39741..c5e1a204 100644
--- a/components/ssl/Kconfig
+++ b/components/ssl/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ config SSL_USING_WOLFSSL
     bool "wolfSSL"
 endchoice
 
+menu "wolfSSL"
+    depends on SSL_USING_WOLFSSL
+
+config WOLFSSL_DEBUG
+   bool "Enable wolfSSL debugging"
+   default n
+   help
+       Enable wolfSSL debugging functions at compile time.
+
+endmenu  # wolfSSL
+
 menu "mbedTLS"
     depends on SSL_USING_MBEDTLS
 
diff --git a/components/ssl/component.mk b/components/ssl/component.mk
index 9aea7b2e..2b895613 100644
--- a/components/ssl/component.mk
+++ b/components/ssl/component.mk
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_SSL_USING_WOLFSSL
 COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := wolfssl/include wolfssl/wolfssl wolfssl/wolfssl/wolfssl
 
+ifdef CONFIG_WOLFSSL_DEBUG
+WOLFSSLLIB = wolfssl_debug
+COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS     := -L $(COMPONENT_PATH)/wolfssl/lib -lwolfssl_debug
+else
 WOLFSSLLIB = wolfssl
 COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS     := -L $(COMPONENT_PATH)/wolfssl/lib -lwolfssl
+endif
 
 # re-link program if wolfssl library change
 COMPONENT_ADD_LINKER_DEPS := $(patsubst %,$(COMPONENT_PATH)/wolfssl/lib/lib%.a,$(WOLFSSLLIB))