diff --git a/charts/maas/templates/etc/_rsyslog.conf.tpl b/charts/maas/templates/etc/_rsyslog.conf.tpl
index 6affd3b..37bd367 100644
--- a/charts/maas/templates/etc/_rsyslog.conf.tpl
+++ b/charts/maas/templates/etc/_rsyslog.conf.tpl
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ $UDPServerRun {{ tuple "maas_region" "podport" "region_syslog" . | include "helm
 
 # Reduce message repetition
 $RepeatedMsgReduction on
+
+# Overwrite default when log_level is set
+{{- if .Values.conf.syslog.log_level }}
+*.{{ .Values.conf.syslog.log_level }} {{ .Values.conf.syslog.logpath }}/{{ .Values.conf.syslog.logfile }}
+{{- end }}
+
 ##$RepeatedMsgContainsOriginalMsg on
 
 :fromhost-ip, !isequal, "127.0.0.1" {{ .Values.conf.syslog.logpath }}/{{ .Values.conf.syslog.logfile }}
diff --git a/charts/maas/values.yaml b/charts/maas/values.yaml
index 995875d..4ab4c3d 100644
--- a/charts/maas/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/maas/values.yaml
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ conf:
       rotate: '30'
       # Size threshold when a log should rotate
       size: '100M'
+    # levels (emerg,alert,crit,error,warning,notice,info,debug)
+    # use 'info' as default when overwritting the default
+    log_level: 'info'
   maas:
     override:
     append: