diff --git a/WiFiManager.cpp b/WiFiManager.cpp
index 992ba7e..1f1a3d6 100644
--- a/WiFiManager.cpp
+++ b/WiFiManager.cpp
@@ -2468,6 +2468,11 @@ void WiFiManager::setDebugOutput(boolean debug) {
   if(_debug && _debugLevel == DEBUG_DEV) debugPlatformInfo();
 }
 
+void WiFiManager::setDebugOutput(boolean debug, String prefix) {
+  _debugPrefix = prefix;
+  setDebugOutput(debug);
+}
+
 /**
  * [setAPStaticIPConfig description]
  * @access public
@@ -3015,7 +3020,7 @@ void WiFiManager::DEBUG_WM(wm_debuglevel_t level,Generic text,Genericb textb) {
     _debugPort.printf("[MEM] free: %5d | max: %5d | frag: %3d%% \n", free, max, frag);    
     #endif
   }
-  _debugPort.print("*WM: ");
+  _debugPort.print(_debugPrefix);
   if(_debugLevel >= debugLvlShow) _debugPort.print("["+(String)level+"] ");
   _debugPort.print(text);
   if(textb){
diff --git a/WiFiManager.h b/WiFiManager.h
index 5003af1..94f764b 100644
--- a/WiFiManager.h
+++ b/WiFiManager.h
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ class WiFiManager
     
     // toggle debug output
     void          setDebugOutput(boolean debug);
-    
+    void          setDebugOutput(boolean debug, String prefix); // log line prefix, default "*wm:"
+
     //set min quality percentage to include in scan, defaults to 8% if not specified
     void          setMinimumSignalQuality(int quality = 8);
     
@@ -599,7 +600,8 @@ class WiFiManager
     } wm_debuglevel_t;
 
     boolean _debug  = true;
-    
+    String _debugPrefix = "*wm:";
+
     wm_debuglevel_t debugLvlShow = DEBUG_VERBOSE; // at which level start showing [n] level tags
 
     // build debuglevel support