diff --git a/widget/gonk/HwcComposer2D.cpp b/widget/gonk/HwcComposer2D.cpp
index 9b7e56dbaf9..d8cb4cf330c 100644
--- a/widget/gonk/HwcComposer2D.cpp
+++ b/widget/gonk/HwcComposer2D.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,19 @@
 
 #define LOG_TAG "HWComposer"
 
-#if (LOG_NDEBUG == 0)
+/*
+ * By default the debug message of hwcomposer (LOG_DEBUG level) are undefined,
+ * but can be enabled by uncommenting HWC_DEBUG below.
+ */
+//#define HWC_DEBUG
+
+#ifdef HWC_DEBUG
 #define LOGD(args...) __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG, LOG_TAG, ## args)
 #else
 #define LOGD(args...) ((void)0)
 #endif
 
+#define LOGI(args...) __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, ## args)
 #define LOGE(args...) __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, LOG_TAG, ## args)
 
 #define LAYER_COUNT_INCREMENTS 5
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@ HwcComposer2D*
 HwcComposer2D::GetInstance()
 {
     if (!sInstance) {
-        LOGD("Creating new instance");
+        LOGI("Creating new instance");
         sInstance = new HwcComposer2D();
     }
     return sInstance;