diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig b/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
index bcb5c206337038cbbad8bb356e1111f0bc7d1186..070211a5955c7dc140799b55a2f57bbbe5ce0191 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
@@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ config RAPIDIO_ENABLE_RX_TX_PORTS
 	  than Maintenance transfers.
 
 source "drivers/rapidio/switches/Kconfig"
+
+config RAPIDIO_DEBUG
+	bool "RapidIO subsystem debug messages"
+	depends on RAPIDIO
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you want the RapidIO subsystem to produce a bunch of
+	  debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
+	  problem with the RapidIO subsystem and want to see more of what is
+	  going on.
+
+	  If you are unsure about this, say N here.
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/Makefile b/drivers/rapidio/Makefile
index 7c0e1818de5139e43207a1e479bb4328eec4ec97..b6139fe187bfe7389f1b30970dc03c16660ca161 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/Makefile
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 obj-y += rio.o rio-access.o rio-driver.o rio-scan.o rio-sysfs.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAPIDIO)		+= switches/
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DEBUG),y)
+EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
+endif
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/switches/Makefile b/drivers/rapidio/switches/Makefile
index 0fece0e6aa8965268089890e2a8ecc7ed35ef430..fe4adc3e8d5f317ccfb08020c266138fc50d699f 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/switches/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/switches/Makefile
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RAPIDIO_TSI57X)	+= tsi57x.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAPIDIO_CPS_XX)	+= idtcps.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAPIDIO_TSI568)	+= tsi568.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAPIDIO_TSI500)	+= tsi500.o
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DEBUG),y)
+EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
+endif