diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index cd2add3e64..8688396f1f 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -1556,6 +1556,10 @@ menu "LVGL configuration"
 			int "Default profiler trace buffer size in bytes"
 			depends on LV_USE_PROFILER_BUILTIN
 			default 16384
+		config LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE
+			bool "Enable built-in profiler by default"
+			depends on LV_USE_PROFILER_BUILTIN
+			default y
 		config LV_PROFILER_INCLUDE
 			string "Header to include for the profiler"
 			default "lvgl/src/misc/lv_profiler_builtin.h"
diff --git a/lv_conf_template.h b/lv_conf_template.h
index a597f6ea56..b6e11dfc2e 100644
--- a/lv_conf_template.h
+++ b/lv_conf_template.h
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@
     #if LV_USE_PROFILER_BUILTIN
         /** Default profiler trace buffer size */
         #define LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_BUF_SIZE (16 * 1024)     /**< [bytes] */
+        #define LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE 1
     #endif
 
     /** Header to include for profiler */
diff --git a/src/lv_conf_internal.h b/src/lv_conf_internal.h
index f6f1bbf5fc..c50731bd8d 100644
--- a/src/lv_conf_internal.h
+++ b/src/lv_conf_internal.h
@@ -3247,6 +3247,17 @@
                 #define LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_BUF_SIZE (16 * 1024)     /**< [bytes] */
             #endif
         #endif
+        #ifndef LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE
+            #ifdef LV_KCONFIG_PRESENT
+                #ifdef CONFIG_LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE
+                    #define LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE CONFIG_LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE
+                #else
+                    #define LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE 0
+                #endif
+            #else
+                #define LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE 1
+            #endif
+        #endif
     #endif
 
     /** Header to include for profiler */
diff --git a/src/misc/lv_profiler_builtin.c b/src/misc/lv_profiler_builtin.c
index 95bef6a0ce..cb1483f55c 100644
--- a/src/misc/lv_profiler_builtin.c
+++ b/src/misc/lv_profiler_builtin.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void lv_profiler_builtin_init(const lv_profiler_builtin_config_t * config)
         profiler_ctx->config.flush_cb("#\n");
     }
 
-    lv_profiler_builtin_set_enable(true);
+    lv_profiler_builtin_set_enable(LV_PROFILER_BUILTIN_DEFAULT_ENABLE);
 
     LV_LOG_INFO("init OK, item_num = %d", (int)num);
 }