diff --git a/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml b/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml
index 76508cb17e..98a99a0d00 100644
--- a/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml
+++ b/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
   <settings>
     <!-- comment or set to false for no color logging -->
     <param name="colorize" value="true"/>
+    <param name="loglevel" value="info"/>
   </settings>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/src/mod/loggers/mod_console/mod_console.c b/src/mod/loggers/mod_console/mod_console.c
index d2e11477ee..d42ed63399 100644
--- a/src/mod/loggers/mod_console/mod_console.c
+++ b/src/mod/loggers/mod_console/mod_console.c
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ static switch_status_t config_logger(void)
 				COLORIZE = 1;
 #endif
 			}
+			if (!strcasecmp(var, "loglevel")) {
+				hard_log_level = switch_log_str2level(val);
+			}
 		}
 	}