diff --git a/include/lwipopts.h b/include/lwipopts.h
index 4cbbf2e..d415ea9 100644
--- a/include/lwipopts.h
+++ b/include/lwipopts.h
@@ -1235,6 +1235,18 @@
 #define LWIP_HAVE_SLIPIF                0
 #endif
 
+/*
+   ------------------------------------
+   ---------- ENC28J60IF options ----------
+   ------------------------------------
+*/
+/**
+ * LWIP_HAVE_ENC28J60IF==1: Support ENC28J60 ethernet interface and espenc.c
+ */
+#ifndef LWIP_HAVE_ENC28J60IF
+#define LWIP_HAVE_ENC28J60IF            0
+#endif
+
 /*
    ------------------------------------
    ---------- Thread options ----------
diff --git a/lwip/netif/espenc.c b/lwip/netif/espenc.c
index 96cb5d5..11928ab 100644
--- a/lwip/netif/espenc.c
+++ b/lwip/netif/espenc.c
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 #include "gpio.h"
 #include "mem.h"
 
-#if 0	// DEBUG: disable all espenc - we dont need it for MeterLogger hardware
+#if LWIP_HAVE_ENC28J60IF
+
 struct netif enc_netif;
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -452,4 +453,4 @@ struct netif* espenc_init(uint8_t *mac_addr, ip_addr_t *ip, ip_addr_t *mask, ip_
         return new_netif;
 }
 
-#endif
+#endif /* LWIP_HAVE_ENC28J60IF */