diff --git a/docs/source/checkpoint.rst b/docs/source/checkpoint.rst
index 4215f06c744f9..e003d2460b558 100644
--- a/docs/source/checkpoint.rst
+++ b/docs/source/checkpoint.rst
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ torch.utils.checkpoint
 .. currentmodule:: torch.utils.checkpoint
 .. autofunction:: checkpoint
 .. autofunction:: checkpoint_sequential
+.. autofunction:: set_checkpoint_debug_enabled
diff --git a/test/test_autograd.py b/test/test_autograd.py
index ad98d7031c809..a71020c4b386b 100644
--- a/test/test_autograd.py
+++ b/test/test_autograd.py
@@ -5921,6 +5921,22 @@ def fn(x):
             out = checkpoint(fn, a, use_reentrant=False, debug=True)
             out.backward()
 
+        fn = get_non_det_fn(orig_fn=save_2_tensors, recompute_fn=save_2_tensors_alt)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "You are seeing this error because you passed `debug=True` to checkpoint"):
+            with torch.utils.checkpoint.set_checkpoint_debug_enabled(True):
+                out = checkpoint(fn, a, use_reentrant=False, debug=False)
+                out.backward()
+
+        fn = get_non_det_fn(orig_fn=save_2_tensors, recompute_fn=save_2_tensors_alt)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "Recomputed values for the following tensors have different"):
+            with torch.utils.checkpoint.set_checkpoint_debug_enabled(False):
+                out = checkpoint(fn, a, use_reentrant=False, debug=True)
+                out.backward()
+
+
+
     def test_access_saved_tensor_twice_without_recomputation_works(self):
         count = [0]
 
diff --git a/torch/utils/checkpoint.py b/torch/utils/checkpoint.py
index fb49829f2c27f..bd0cb7fea7dac 100644
--- a/torch/utils/checkpoint.py
+++ b/torch/utils/checkpoint.py
@@ -37,10 +37,35 @@
     "set_checkpoint_early_stop",
     "DefaultDeviceType",
     "context_fn_gen",
+    "set_checkpoint_debug_enabled",
 ]
 
 _DEFAULT_DETERMINISM_MODE = "default"
 
+_checkpoint_debug_enabled: Optional[bool] = None
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def set_checkpoint_debug_enabled(enabled: Optional[bool]):
+    """
+    Context manager that sets whether checkpoint should print additional debug
+    information when running. See the ``debug`` flag for
+    :func:`~torch.utils.checkpoint.checkpoint` for more information. Note that
+    when set, this context manager overrides the value of ``debug`` passed to
+    checkpoint. To defer to the local setting, pass ``None`` to this context.
+
+    Args:
+        enabled (bool): Whether checkpoint should print debug information.
+            Default is 'None'.
+    """
+    global _checkpoint_debug_enabled
+    try:
+        prev = _checkpoint_debug_enabled
+        _checkpoint_debug_enabled = enabled
+        yield
+    finally:
+        _checkpoint_debug_enabled = prev
+
 
 def detach_variable(inputs: Tuple[Any, ...]) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, ...]:
     if isinstance(inputs, tuple):
@@ -1300,7 +1325,7 @@ def _checkpoint_without_reentrant_generator(
     """
     unpack_error_cb = None
 
-    if debug:
+    if _checkpoint_debug_enabled if _checkpoint_debug_enabled is not None else debug:
         if context_fn != noop_context_fn:
             raise ValueError(
                 "debug=True is incompatible with non-default context_fn"