diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 2a66eacf1b1da3..c1ac3824b2aeef 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -805,7 +805,13 @@
     action='store_true',
     dest='v8_enable_object_print',
     default=True,
-    help='compile V8 with auxiliar functions for native debuggers')
+    help='compile V8 with auxiliary functions for native debuggers')
+
+parser.add_argument('--v8-disable-object-print',
+    action='store_true',
+    dest='v8_disable_object_print',
+    default=False,
+    help='disable the V8 auxiliary functions for native debuggers')
 
 parser.add_argument('--v8-enable-hugepage',
     action='store_true',
@@ -1490,7 +1496,7 @@ def configure_v8(o):
   o['variables']['v8_no_strict_aliasing'] = 1  # Work around compiler bugs.
   o['variables']['v8_optimized_debug'] = 0 if options.v8_non_optimized_debug else 1
   o['variables']['dcheck_always_on'] = 1 if options.v8_with_dchecks else 0
-  o['variables']['v8_enable_object_print'] = 1 if options.v8_enable_object_print else 0
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_object_print'] = 0 if options.v8_disable_object_print else 1
   o['variables']['v8_random_seed'] = 0  # Use a random seed for hash tables.
   o['variables']['v8_promise_internal_field_count'] = 1 # Add internal field to promises for async hooks.
   o['variables']['v8_use_siphash'] = 0 if options.without_siphash else 1
@@ -1513,6 +1519,10 @@ def configure_v8(o):
   o['variables']['v8_enable_hugepage'] = 1 if options.v8_enable_hugepage else 0
   if options.v8_enable_short_builtin_calls or o['variables']['target_arch'] == 'x64':
     o['variables']['v8_enable_short_builtin_calls'] = 1
+  if options.v8_enable_object_print and options.v8_disable_object_print:
+    raise Exception(
+        'Only one of the --v8-enable-object-print or --v8-disable-object-print options '
+        'can be specified at a time.')
 
 def configure_openssl(o):
   variables = o['variables']