diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/hci_esp32.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/hci_esp32.c
index 21f0c152861..dd5f72f1e3e 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/hci_esp32.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/hci_esp32.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+#define BT_DBG_ENABLED IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BT_DEBUG_HCI_DRIVER)
 #define LOG_MODULE_NAME bt_hci_driver_esp32
 #include "common/log.h"