diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index afef3fc597b..0e6f0b8c6dd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -830,6 +830,11 @@ then
     AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DXMALLOC_OVERRIDE -DWOLFCRYPT_ONLY"
     AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DNO_ASN_TIME"
 
+    if test "$ax_enable_debug" = "yes"; then
+        AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DWOLFSSL_BSDKM_VERBOSE_DEBUG"
+        AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DNO_WOLFSSL_DEBUG_CERTS"
+    fi
+
     if test "$KERNEL_ROOT" = ""; then
         AC_PATH_DEFAULT_BSDKM_SOURCE
         KERNEL_ROOT="$DEFAULT_BSDKM_ROOT"
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/logging.c b/wolfcrypt/src/logging.c
index 284b80822cd..d0a411b1d3f 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/logging.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/logging.c
@@ -430,7 +430,11 @@ static void wolfssl_log(const int logLevel, const char* const file_name,
 #endif /* (!WOLFSSL_DEBUG_CERTS && !DEBUG_WOLFSSL) || NO_WOLFSSL_DEBUG_CERTS */
 
 #if defined(XVSNPRINTF) && !defined(NO_WOLFSSL_MSG_EX)
-#include <stdarg.h> /* for var args */
+#if defined(WOLFSSL_BSDKM)
+    #include <machine/stdarg.h> /* for var args */
+#else
+    #include <stdarg.h> /* for var args */
+#endif /* WOLFSSL_BSDKM */
 
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_MSG_EX_BUF_SZ
 #define WOLFSSL_MSG_EX_BUF_SZ 100