diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
index b0df4f87..099c47be 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/config"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 var logger = NewLogger()
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ func run(argv []string) (rerr error) {
 		logger.CloseFile()
 	}()
 
+	if logLevel, err := logrus.ParseLevel(cfg.NVIDIAContainerRuntimeConfig.LogLevel); err == nil {
+		logger.SetLevel(logLevel)
+	} else {
+		logger.Warnf("Invalid log-level '%v'; using '%v'", cfg.NVIDIAContainerRuntimeConfig.LogLevel, logger.Level.String())
+	}
+
 	runtime, err := newNVIDIAContainerRuntime(logger.Logger, cfg, argv)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create NVIDIA Container Runtime: %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index cf50c4ed..cc18c04f 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					DebugFilePath: "/dev/null",
 					Experimental:  false,
 					DiscoverMode:  "auto",
+					LogLevel:      "info",
 				},
 				NVIDIACTKConfig: CTKConfig{
 					Path: "nvidia-ctk",
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"nvidia-container-runtime.debug = \"/foo/bar\"",
 				"nvidia-container-runtime.experimental = true",
 				"nvidia-container-runtime.discover-mode = \"not-legacy\"",
+				"nvidia-container-runtime.log-level = \"debug\"",
 				"nvidia-ctk.path = \"/foo/bar/nvidia-ctk\"",
 			},
 			expectedConfig: &Config{
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					DebugFilePath: "/foo/bar",
 					Experimental:  true,
 					DiscoverMode:  "not-legacy",
+					LogLevel:      "debug",
 				},
 				NVIDIACTKConfig: CTKConfig{
 					Path: "/foo/bar/nvidia-ctk",
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"debug = \"/foo/bar\"",
 				"experimental = true",
 				"discover-mode = \"not-legacy\"",
+				"log-level = \"debug\"",
 				"[nvidia-ctk]",
 				"path = \"/foo/bar/nvidia-ctk\"",
 			},
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					DebugFilePath: "/foo/bar",
 					Experimental:  true,
 					DiscoverMode:  "not-legacy",
+					LogLevel:      "debug",
 				},
 				NVIDIACTKConfig: CTKConfig{
 					Path: "/foo/bar/nvidia-ctk",
diff --git a/internal/config/runtime.go b/internal/config/runtime.go
index 7486e9e9..5961378b 100644
--- a/internal/config/runtime.go
+++ b/internal/config/runtime.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // RuntimeConfig stores the config options for the NVIDIA Container Runtime
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	DebugFilePath string
 	Experimental  bool
 	DiscoverMode  string
+	// LogLevel defines the logging level for the application
+	LogLevel string
 }
 
 // getRuntimeConfigFrom reads the nvidia container runtime config from the specified toml Tree.
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ func getRuntimeConfigFrom(toml *toml.Tree) *RuntimeConfig {
 	cfg.DebugFilePath = toml.GetDefault("nvidia-container-runtime.debug", cfg.DebugFilePath).(string)
 	cfg.Experimental = toml.GetDefault("nvidia-container-runtime.experimental", cfg.Experimental).(bool)
 	cfg.DiscoverMode = toml.GetDefault("nvidia-container-runtime.discover-mode", cfg.DiscoverMode).(string)
+	cfg.LogLevel = toml.GetDefault("nvidia-container-runtime.log-level", cfg.LogLevel).(string)
 
 	return cfg
 }
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ func GetDefaultRuntimeConfig() *RuntimeConfig {
 		DebugFilePath: "/dev/null",
 		Experimental:  false,
 		DiscoverMode:  "auto",
+		LogLevel:      logrus.InfoLevel.String(),
 	}
 
 	return &c