diff --git a/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.cpp b/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.cpp
index 433f0d8afd..30f589511c 100644
--- a/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.cpp
+++ b/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.cpp
@@ -85,11 +85,13 @@ static rtw_result_t scan_result_handler( rtw_scan_handler_result_t* malloced_sca
     return RTW_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-RTWInterface::RTWInterface(RTW_EMAC &get_rtw_emac, OnboardNetworkStack &get_rtw_obn_stack) :
+RTWInterface::RTWInterface(RTW_EMAC &get_rtw_emac, OnboardNetworkStack &get_rtw_obn_stack, bool debug) :
         EMACInterface(get_rtw_emac, get_rtw_obn_stack),
         rtw_emac(get_rtw_emac),
         rtw_obn_stack(get_rtw_obn_stack)
 {
+    extern __u32 GlobalDebugEnable;
+    GlobalDebugEnable = debug?1:0; //Conditional statement: display debugging message
     rtw_emac.power_up();
 }
 
diff --git a/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.h b/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.h
index 5a79782072..06a9328bdc 100644
--- a/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.h
+++ b/targets/TARGET_Realtek/TARGET_AMEBA/RTWInterface.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
      */
     RTWInterface(
         RTW_EMAC &rtw_emac = RTW_EMAC::get_instance(),
-        OnboardNetworkStack &rtw_lwip_stack = OnboardNetworkStack::get_default_instance());
+        OnboardNetworkStack &rtw_lwip_stack = OnboardNetworkStack::get_default_instance(), bool debug=false);
 
     ~RTWInterface();