diff --git a/bsd-user/qemu.h b/bsd-user/qemu.h
index 1b0a591d2d2..8629f0dcde9 100644
--- a/bsd-user/qemu.h
+++ b/bsd-user/qemu.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include "exec/cpu_ldst.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 
-#undef DEBUG_REMAP
-
 #include "exec/user/abitypes.h"
 
 extern char **environ;
@@ -437,7 +435,7 @@ static inline void *lock_user(int type, abi_ulong guest_addr, long len,
     if (!access_ok(type, guest_addr, len)) {
         return NULL;
     }
-#ifdef DEBUG_REMAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_REMAP
     {
         void *addr;
         addr = g_malloc(len);
@@ -461,7 +459,7 @@ static inline void unlock_user(void *host_ptr, abi_ulong guest_addr,
                                long len)
 {
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_REMAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_REMAP
     if (!host_ptr) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/linux-user/qemu.h b/linux-user/qemu.h
index 32cd43d9eff..4777856b529 100644
--- a/linux-user/qemu.h
+++ b/linux-user/qemu.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/cpu_ldst.h"
 
-#undef DEBUG_REMAP
-
 #include "exec/user/abitypes.h"
 
 #include "syscall_defs.h"
@@ -332,7 +330,7 @@ void *lock_user(int type, abi_ulong guest_addr, ssize_t len, bool copy);
 /* Unlock an area of guest memory.  The first LEN bytes must be
    flushed back to guest memory. host_ptr = NULL is explicitly
    allowed and does nothing. */
-#ifndef DEBUG_REMAP
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_REMAP
 static inline void unlock_user(void *host_ptr, abi_ulong guest_addr,
                                ssize_t len)
 {
diff --git a/linux-user/uaccess.c b/linux-user/uaccess.c
index 425cbf677f7..27e841e6510 100644
--- a/linux-user/uaccess.c
+++ b/linux-user/uaccess.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void *lock_user(int type, abi_ulong guest_addr, ssize_t len, bool copy)
         return NULL;
     }
     host_addr = g2h_untagged(guest_addr);
-#ifdef DEBUG_REMAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_REMAP
     if (copy) {
         host_addr = g_memdup(host_addr, len);
     } else {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void *lock_user(int type, abi_ulong guest_addr, ssize_t len, bool copy)
     return host_addr;
 }
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_REMAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_REMAP
 void unlock_user(void *host_ptr, abi_ulong guest_addr, ssize_t len)
 {
     void *host_ptr_conv;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f9dbe7634e5..1427e9f8811 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2342,6 +2342,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPH_LOCK', get_option('debug_graph_lock'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEX', get_option('debug_mutex'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE', get_option('debug_stack_usage'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG', get_option('debug_tcg'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_DEBUG_REMAP', get_option('debug_remap'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LIVE_BLOCK_MIGRATION', get_option('live_block_migration').allowed())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_QOM_CAST_DEBUG', get_option('qom_cast_debug'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_REPLICATION', get_option('replication').allowed())
@@ -4285,6 +4286,9 @@ if config_all_accel.has_key('CONFIG_TCG')
   endif
   summary_info += {'TCG plugins':       get_option('plugins')}
   summary_info += {'TCG debug enabled': get_option('debug_tcg')}
+  if have_linux_user or have_bsd_user
+    summary_info += {'syscall buffer debugging support': get_option('debug_remap')}
+  endif
 endif
 summary_info += {'target list':       ' '.join(target_dirs)}
 if have_system
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 0a99a059ec8..7cd48a88e6e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ option('plugins', type: 'boolean', value: false,
        description: 'TCG plugins via shared library loading')
 option('debug_tcg', type: 'boolean', value: false,
        description: 'TCG debugging')
+option('debug_remap', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+       description: 'syscall buffer debugging support')
 option('tcg_interpreter', type: 'boolean', value: false,
        description: 'TCG with bytecode interpreter (slow)')
 option('safe_stack', type: 'boolean', value: false,
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index 680fa3f581d..aff58275daf 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-graph-lock'
   printf "%s\n" '                           graph lock debugging support'
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-mutex     mutex debugging support'
+  printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-remap     syscall buffer debugging support'
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-stack-usage'
   printf "%s\n" '                           measure coroutine stack usage'
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-tcg       TCG debugging'
@@ -295,6 +296,8 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-debug-graph-lock) printf "%s" -Ddebug_graph_lock=false ;;
     --enable-debug-mutex) printf "%s" -Ddebug_mutex=true ;;
     --disable-debug-mutex) printf "%s" -Ddebug_mutex=false ;;
+    --enable-debug-remap) printf "%s" -Ddebug_remap=true ;;
+    --disable-debug-remap) printf "%s" -Ddebug_remap=false ;;
     --enable-debug-stack-usage) printf "%s" -Ddebug_stack_usage=true ;;
     --disable-debug-stack-usage) printf "%s" -Ddebug_stack_usage=false ;;
     --enable-debug-tcg) printf "%s" -Ddebug_tcg=true ;;
