diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e5dbc0..3934c90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ Some other features included:
     	The path to a Kubernetes configuration file (env KUBE_CONFIG)
   -kube-namespace string
     	The namespace to watch or blank for all, which is the default (env KUBE_NAMESPACE)
+  -log-level value
+    	Set a specific log filtering level, such as debug, info, warn, error
+    	Ignored when --debug or --trace is used (env LOG_LEVEL) (default info)
   -mapping value
     	Comma or newline delimited or repeated mappings of externalHostname=host:port (env MAPPING)
   -metrics-backend string
diff --git a/cmd/mc-router/main.go b/cmd/mc-router/main.go
index 01ea2e4..a058982 100644
--- a/cmd/mc-router/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mc-router/main.go
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ func showVersion() {
 }
 
 type CliConfig struct {
-	Version bool `usage:"Output version and exit"`
-	Debug   bool `usage:"Enable debug logs"`
-	Trace   bool `usage:"Enable trace logs"`
+	Version  bool         `usage:"Output version and exit"`
+	Debug    bool         `usage:"Enable debug logs"`
+	Trace    bool         `usage:"Enable trace logs"`
+	LogLevel logrus.Level `usage:"Set a specific log filtering level, such as debug, info, warn, error\nIgnored when --debug or --trace is used" default:"info"`
 
 	ServerConfig server.Config `flatten:"true"`
 }
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ func main() {
 	} else if cliConfig.Debug {
 		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 		logrus.Debug("Debug logs enabled")
+	} else {
+		logrus.SetLevel(cliConfig.LogLevel)
 	}
 
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)