diff --git a/config/examples/sim-tpm-keystore.config b/config/examples/sim-tpm-keystore.config
index efd28516a..5bb7193b6 100644
--- a/config/examples/sim-tpm-keystore.config
+++ b/config/examples/sim-tpm-keystore.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TARGET=sim
 SIGN?=ECC256
 HASH?=SHA256
 SPI_FLASH=0
-DEBUG=0
+DEBUG=1
 WOLFTPM=1
 
 # sizes should be multiple of system page size
diff --git a/config/examples/sim-tpm-measured.config b/config/examples/sim-tpm-measured.config
index af9319171..cfa124081 100644
--- a/config/examples/sim-tpm-measured.config
+++ b/config/examples/sim-tpm-measured.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TARGET=sim
 SIGN?=ECC256
 HASH?=SHA256
 SPI_FLASH=0
-DEBUG=0
+DEBUG=1
 WOLFTPM=1
 
 # sizes should be multiple of system page size
diff --git a/config/examples/sim-tpm-seal.config b/config/examples/sim-tpm-seal.config
index ff1b94961..096ca1d0b 100644
--- a/config/examples/sim-tpm-seal.config
+++ b/config/examples/sim-tpm-seal.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TARGET=sim
 SIGN?=ECC256
 HASH?=SHA256
 SPI_FLASH=0
-DEBUG=0
+DEBUG=1
 WOLFTPM=1
 
 # sizes should be multiple of system page size
diff --git a/config/examples/sim-tpm.config b/config/examples/sim-tpm.config
index 95639bf91..42b7405f2 100644
--- a/config/examples/sim-tpm.config
+++ b/config/examples/sim-tpm.config
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TARGET=sim
 SIGN?=ECC256
 HASH?=SHA256
 SPI_FLASH=0
-DEBUG=0
+DEBUG=1
 WOLFTPM=1
 # enable offloading of asymmetric verify to TPM
 WOLFBOOT_TPM_VERIFY?=1