diff --git a/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml b/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
index ba9c734c..4e4b0886 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: flagger
-version: 0.24.0
+version: 0.25.0
 appVersion: 1.0.0-rc.1
 kubeVersion: ">=1.11.0-0"
 engine: gotpl
diff --git a/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml
index 5d6c5278..7f21da52 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ spec:
             containerPort: 8080
           command:
           - ./flagger
+          {{- if .Values.logLevel }}
+          - -log-level={{ .Values.logLevel }}
+          {{- else }}
           - -log-level=info
+          {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.meshProvider }}
           - -mesh-provider={{ .Values.meshProvider }}
           {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/flagger/values.yaml b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
index 24495ef0..59300ecb 100644
--- a/charts/flagger/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/flagger/values.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ image:
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   pullSecret:
 
+# accepted values are debug, info, warning, error (defaults to info)
+logLevel: "info"
+
 podAnnotations:
   prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
   prometheus.io/port: "8080"