diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index 59fa480fe8..dbbb53a84e 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -284,6 +284,16 @@ else
   Q=
 endif
 
+# Set this to 1 to enable pretty-printing the assert location in addition
+# to the address of the failing assert.
+# This saves you to resolve the address manually with addr2line at the cost
+# of greater ROM consumption.
+VERBOSE_ASSERT ?= 0
+ifeq ($(VERBOSE_ASSERT),1)
+  CFLAGS += -DDEBUG_ASSERT_VERBOSE
+  DEVELHELP := 1
+endif
+
 # Set this to 1 to enable code in RIOT that does safety checking
 # which is not needed in a production environment but helps in the
 # development process: