diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b0f239e443b..124ece1e67a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -252,6 +252,14 @@ config DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS
 	  timer routines to track the life time of timer objects and
 	  validate the timer operations.
 
+config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT
+	int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)"
+        range 0 1
+        default "1"
+        depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
+        help
+          Debug objects boot parameter default value
+
 config DEBUG_SLAB
 	bool "Debug slab memory allocations"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB
diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index e3ab374e133..5d99be1fd98 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ static struct kmem_cache	*obj_cache;
 static int			debug_objects_maxchain __read_mostly;
 static int			debug_objects_fixups __read_mostly;
 static int			debug_objects_warnings __read_mostly;
-static int			debug_objects_enabled __read_mostly;
+static int			debug_objects_enabled __read_mostly
+				= CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT;
+
 static struct debug_obj_descr	*descr_test  __read_mostly;
 
 static int __init enable_object_debug(char *str)