diff --git a/src/duk_debug_macros.c b/src/duk_debug_macros.c
index f901904f..df744ec8 100644
--- a/src/duk_debug_macros.c
+++ b/src/duk_debug_macros.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 char duk_debug_summary_buf[DUK_DEBUG_SUMMARY_BUF_SIZE];
 int duk_debug_summary_idx;
 
-#define DUK_DEBUG_BUFSIZE  65536
+#define DUK_DEBUG_BUFSIZE  DUK_USE_DEBUG_BUFSIZE
 static char buf[DUK_DEBUG_BUFSIZE];
 
 static const char *get_level_string(int level) {
diff --git a/src/duk_features.h b/src/duk_features.h
index dac5689e..63e377d9 100644
--- a/src/duk_features.h
+++ b/src/duk_features.h
@@ -1093,6 +1093,15 @@ extern double duk_computed_nan;
 #define DUK_USE_ASSERTIONS
 #endif
 
+/* The static buffer for debug printing is quite large by default, so there
+ * is an option to shrink it manually for constrained builds.
+ */
+#if defined(DUK_OPT_DEBUG_BUFSIZE)
+#define DUK_USE_DEBUG_BUFSIZE  DUK_OPT_DEBUG_BUFSIZE
+#else
+#define DUK_USE_DEBUG_BUFSIZE  65536
+#endif
+
 /*
  *  Ecmascript features / compliance options
  */