diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/ADIS16477.cpp b/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/ADIS16477.cpp
index 98c9787eac..069b9d7999 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/ADIS16477.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/ADIS16477.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ ADIS16477::ADIS16477(const I2CSPIDriverConfig &config) :
 	_bad_transfers(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, MODULE_NAME": bad transfers")),
 	_drdy_gpio(config.drdy_gpio)
 {
+	_debug_enabled = true;
+
 #ifdef GPIO_SPI1_RESET_ADIS16477
 	// Configure hardware reset line
 	px4_arch_configgpio(GPIO_SPI1_RESET_ADIS16477);
diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/CMakeLists.txt b/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/CMakeLists.txt
index fb12c05ec5..b225ab7486 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/adis16477/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ px4_add_module(
 	MAIN adis16477
 	COMPILE_FLAGS
 		-Wno-cast-align # TODO: fix and enable
+		-DDEBUG_BUILD
 	SRCS
 		ADIS16477.cpp
 		adis16477_main.cpp