diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 98a0a5a..e9716fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ option( BGFX_AMALGAMATED                "Amalgamated bgfx build for faster compi
 option( BX_AMALGAMATED                  "Amalgamated bx build for faster compilation"   OFF )
 option( BGFX_CONFIG_MULTITHREADED       "Build bgfx with multithreaded configuration"   ON )
 option( BGFX_CONFIG_RENDERER_WEBGPU     "Enables the webgpu renderer"                   OFF )
+option( BX_CONFIG_DEBUG                 "Log debug messages (default: on in debug)"     OFF )
 
 set( BGFX_OPENGL_VERSION   ""       CACHE STRING "Specify minimum opengl version" )
 set( BGFX_OPENGLES_VERSION ""       CACHE STRING "Specify minimum OpenGL ES version" )
diff --git a/cmake/bgfx.cmake b/cmake/bgfx.cmake
index 5c0ccdc..ef77df7 100755
--- a/cmake/bgfx.cmake
+++ b/cmake/bgfx.cmake
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ endif()
 # Add debug config required in bx headers since bx is private
 target_compile_definitions(bgfx
        PUBLIC
-               "BX_CONFIG_DEBUG=$<CONFIG:Debug>"
+               "BX_CONFIG_DEBUG=$<IF:$<CONFIG:Debug>,1,$<BOOL:${BX_CONFIG_DEBUG}>>"
                "BGFX_CONFIG_MULTITHREADED=$<BOOL:${BGFX_CONFIG_MULTITHREADED}>"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmake/bx.cmake b/cmake/bx.cmake
index a784cde..3c30a34 100644
--- a/cmake/bx.cmake
+++ b/cmake/bx.cmake
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ target_compile_definitions( bx PUBLIC "__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS" )
 target_compile_definitions( bx PUBLIC "__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS" )
 target_compile_definitions( bx PUBLIC "__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS" )
 
-target_compile_definitions(bx PUBLIC "BX_CONFIG_DEBUG=$<CONFIG:Debug>")
+target_compile_definitions(bx PUBLIC "BX_CONFIG_DEBUG=$<IF:$<CONFIG:Debug>,1,$<BOOL:${BX_CONFIG_DEBUG}>>")
 
 # Additional dependencies on Unix
 if (ANDROID)