diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
index c804a252f2..cbfcf9cb08 100755
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ cp $ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/makefile.config .config
 
 # echo "CONFIG_TLS=gnutls" >> .config
 # echo "CONFIG_GNUTLS_EXTRA=y" >> .config
-[ "$DEBUG" = "no" ] && echo "CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG=y" >> .config
+[ ! "$DEBUG" = "yes" ] && echo "CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG=y" >> .config
 
 make