diff --git a/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c b/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c
index 02be01991c1e..2874cd0abd9c 100644
--- a/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c
+++ b/lib/libgeom/geom_xml2tree.c
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ EndElement(void *userData, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	if (p != NULL) {
+#if DEBUG_LIBGEOM > 0
 		printf("Unexpected XML: name=%s data=\"%s\"\n", name, p);
+#endif
 		free(p);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/libgeom/libgeom.h b/lib/libgeom/libgeom.h
index c951f25babfe..73d43352ee84 100644
--- a/lib/libgeom/libgeom.h
+++ b/lib/libgeom/libgeom.h
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
+#ifndef DEBUG_LIBGEOM
+#define DEBUG_LIBGEOM 0
+#endif
+
 void geom_stats_close(void);
 void geom_stats_resync(void);
 int geom_stats_open(void);