diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79d7b483e550b..e17c737f90f93 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ bevy_ui_picking_backend = [
 ]
 
 # Provides a debug overlay for bevy UI
-bevy_ui_debug = []
+bevy_ui_debug = ["bevy_internal/bevy_ui_debug"]
 
 # Force dynamic linking, which improves iterative compile times
 dynamic_linking = ["dep:bevy_dylib", "bevy_internal/dynamic_linking"]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
index c6f3fed2d9eed..3acc57d16cbf0 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ bevy_sprite_picking_backend = [
 # Provides a UI picking backend
 bevy_ui_picking_backend = ["bevy_picking", "bevy_ui/bevy_ui_picking_backend"]
 
+# Provides a UI debug overlay
+bevy_ui_debug = ["bevy_ui?/bevy_ui_debug"]
+
 # Enable support for the ios_simulator by downgrading some rendering capabilities
 ios_simulator = ["bevy_pbr?/ios_simulator", "bevy_render?/ios_simulator"]
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs
index 35bd8677c4a15..4039930b7654c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,16 +37,19 @@ pub use focus::*;
 pub use geometry::*;
 pub use layout::*;
 pub use measurement::*;
-use render::debug_overlay::UiDebugOptions;
 pub use render::*;
 pub use ui_material::*;
 pub use ui_node::*;
+
 use widget::{ImageNode, ImageNodeSize};
 
 /// The UI prelude.
 ///
 /// This includes the most common types in this crate, re-exported for your convenience.
 pub mod prelude {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    #[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug")]
+    pub use crate::render::UiDebugOptions;
     #[allow(deprecated)]
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub use crate::widget::TextBundle;
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ impl Plugin for UiPlugin {
             return;
         }
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug")]
         app.init_resource::<UiDebugOptions>();
 
         build_ui_render(app);
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs
index 540cc618322e4..b7801584feb05 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 pub mod box_shadow;
-pub mod debug_overlay;
 mod pipeline;
 mod render_pass;
 mod ui_material_pipeline;
 pub mod ui_texture_slice_pipeline;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug")]
+mod debug_overlay;
+
 use crate::widget::ImageNode;
 use crate::{
     experimental::UiChildren, BackgroundColor, BorderColor, BoxShadowSamples, CalculatedClip,
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ use bevy_render::{
 };
 use bevy_sprite::TextureAtlasLayout;
 use bevy_sprite::{BorderRect, SpriteAssetEvents};
-use debug_overlay::extract_debug_overlay;
+#[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug")]
+pub use debug_overlay::UiDebugOptions;
 
 use crate::{Display, Node};
 use bevy_text::{ComputedTextBlock, PositionedGlyph, TextColor, TextLayoutInfo};
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ pub enum RenderUiSystem {
     ExtractTextureSlice,
     ExtractBorders,
     ExtractText,
-    ExtractDebugOverlay,
+    ExtractDebug,
 }
 
 pub fn build_ui_render(app: &mut App) {
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ pub fn build_ui_render(app: &mut App) {
                 RenderUiSystem::ExtractTextureSlice,
                 RenderUiSystem::ExtractBorders,
                 RenderUiSystem::ExtractText,
-                RenderUiSystem::ExtractDebugOverlay,
+                RenderUiSystem::ExtractDebug,
             )
                 .chain(),
         )
@@ -140,7 +143,8 @@ pub fn build_ui_render(app: &mut App) {
                 extract_uinode_images.in_set(RenderUiSystem::ExtractImages),
                 extract_uinode_borders.in_set(RenderUiSystem::ExtractBorders),
                 extract_text_sections.in_set(RenderUiSystem::ExtractText),
-                extract_debug_overlay.in_set(RenderUiSystem::ExtractDebugOverlay),
+                #[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug")]
+                debug_overlay::extract_debug_overlay.in_set(RenderUiSystem::ExtractDebug),
             ),
         )
         .add_systems(
diff --git a/examples/testbed/ui.rs b/examples/testbed/ui.rs
index b30dab0e5c703..677576cf12bf2 100644
--- a/examples/testbed/ui.rs
+++ b/examples/testbed/ui.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fn main() {
         .add_systems(Startup, setup)
         .add_systems(Update, update_scroll_position);
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug_overlay")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug")]
     app.add_systems(Update, toggle_debug_overlay);
 
     app.run();
@@ -344,12 +344,9 @@ fn setup(mut commands: Commands, asset_server: Res<AssetServer>) {
         });
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug_overlay")]
+#[cfg(feature = "bevy_ui_debug")]
 // The system that will enable/disable the debug outlines around the nodes
-fn toggle_debug_overlay(
-    input: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
-    mut options: ResMut<bevy::ui::debug_overlay::UiDebugOptions>,
-) {
+fn toggle_debug_overlay(input: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>, mut options: ResMut<UiDebugOptions>) {
     info_once!("The debug outlines are enabled, press Space to turn them on/off");
     if input.just_pressed(KeyCode::Space) {
         // The toggle method will enable the debug_overlay if disabled and disable if enabled