diff --git a/substrate/primitives/core/Cargo.toml b/substrate/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
index f063b65c97..631bf3fc12 100644
--- a/substrate/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ zeroize = { version = "1.4.2", default-features = false }
 secrecy = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.11.1", optional = true }
-sp-debug-derive = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../debug-derive" }
+sp-debug-derive = { version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../debug-derive" }
 sp-externalities = { version = "0.10.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../externalities" }
 sp-storage = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../storage" }
 parity-util-mem = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/Cargo.toml b/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/Cargo.toml
index 2e5ef93e41..ce49c54b46 100644
--- a/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ syn = "1.0.80"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 
 [features]
+default = [ "std" ]
 std = []
+# By default `RuntimeDebug` implements `Debug` that outputs `<wasm:stripped>` when `std` is
+# disabled. However, sometimes downstream users need to have the real `Debug` implementation for
+# debugging purposes. If this is required, a user only needs to add this crate as a dependency of
+# their runtime and enable the `force-debug` feature.
+force-debug = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/src/impls.rs b/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/src/impls.rs
index 4d79ee9880..0e67ef81bc 100644
--- a/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/src/impls.rs
+++ b/substrate/primitives/debug-derive/src/impls.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub fn debug_derive(ast: DeriveInput) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
 	gen.into()
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), not(feature = "force-debug")))]
 mod implementation {
 	use super::*;
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ mod implementation {
 	}
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "std", feature = "force-debug"))]
 mod implementation {
 	use super::*;
 	use proc_macro2::Span;
diff --git a/substrate/primitives/storage/Cargo.toml b/substrate/primitives/storage/Cargo.toml
index 1a05fb9969..078e0fff12 100644
--- a/substrate/primitives/storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/primitives/storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ sp-std = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../std" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.126", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 impl-serde = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
 ref-cast = "1.0.0"
-sp-debug-derive = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../debug-derive" }
+sp-debug-derive = { version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../debug-derive" }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "2.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [features]
 default = [ "std" ]
-std = [ "sp-std/std", "serde", "impl-serde", "codec/std" ]
+std = [ "sp-std/std", "serde", "impl-serde", "codec/std", "sp-debug-derive/std" ]