diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f96f7359a83..afd6121b616 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ done
 
 git_submodules_action="update"
 git="git"
-debug_tcg="no"
 docs="auto"
 EXESUF=""
 prefix="/usr/local"
@@ -727,13 +726,9 @@ for opt do
     # configure to be used by RPM and similar macros that set
     # lots of directory switches by default.
   ;;
-  --enable-debug-tcg) debug_tcg="yes"
-  ;;
-  --disable-debug-tcg) debug_tcg="no"
-  ;;
   --enable-debug)
       # Enable debugging options that aren't excessively noisy
-      debug_tcg="yes"
+      meson_option_parse --enable-debug-tcg ""
       meson_option_parse --enable-debug-graph-lock ""
       meson_option_parse --enable-debug-mutex ""
       meson_option_add -Doptimization=0
@@ -933,7 +928,6 @@ cat << EOF
   linux-user      all linux usermode emulation targets
   bsd-user        all BSD usermode emulation targets
   pie             Position Independent Executables
-  debug-tcg       TCG debugging (default is disabled)
 
 NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
 EOF
@@ -1684,9 +1678,6 @@ echo >> $config_host_mak
 
 echo all: >> $config_host_mak
 
-if test "$debug_tcg" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$targetos" = "windows"; then
   echo "CONFIG_WIN32=y" >> $config_host_mak
   echo "QEMU_GA_MANUFACTURER=${QEMU_GA_MANUFACTURER-QEMU}" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 13f21fd24de..4c3918a34ec 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2199,6 +2199,7 @@ config_host_data.set10('CONFIG_COROUTINE_POOL', have_coroutine_pool)
 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_GPROF', get_option('gprof'))
 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'))
@@ -4156,7 +4157,7 @@ if config_all.has_key('CONFIG_TCG')
     summary_info += {'TCG backend':   'native (@0@)'.format(cpu)}
   endif
   summary_info += {'TCG plugins': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_PLUGIN')}
-  summary_info += {'TCG debug enabled': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG')}
+  summary_info += {'TCG debug enabled': get_option('debug_tcg')}
 endif
 summary_info += {'target list':       ' '.join(target_dirs)}
 if have_system
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index aaea5ddd779..5d6b889554c 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ option('xen_pci_passthrough', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
        description: 'Xen PCI passthrough support')
 option('tcg', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled',
        description: 'TCG support')
+option('debug_tcg', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+       description: 'TCG debugging')
 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 9da3fe299b7..5567fd29985 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-mutex     mutex debugging support'
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-stack-usage'
   printf "%s\n" '                           measure coroutine stack usage'
+  printf "%s\n" '  --enable-debug-tcg       TCG debugging'
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-fdt[=CHOICE]    Whether and how to find the libfdt library'
   printf "%s\n" '                           (choices: auto/disabled/enabled/internal/system)'
   printf "%s\n" '  --enable-fuzzing         build fuzzing targets'
@@ -276,6 +277,8 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-debug-mutex) printf "%s" -Ddebug_mutex=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 ;;
+    --disable-debug-tcg) printf "%s" -Ddebug_tcg=false ;;
     --enable-dmg) printf "%s" -Ddmg=enabled ;;
     --disable-dmg) printf "%s" -Ddmg=disabled ;;
     --docdir=*) quote_sh "-Ddocdir=$2" ;;
