diff --git a/etc/qmemman.conf b/etc/qmemman.conf
index f43daa9f..e86c158f 100644
--- a/etc/qmemman.conf
+++ b/etc/qmemman.conf
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ dom0-mem-boost = 350M
 # cache-margin-factor - calculate VM preferred memory as (used memory)*cache-margin-factor
 #  Default: 1.3
 cache-margin-factor = 1.3
+
+# log-level - Warning 30, Info 20, Debug 10
+#  Default: 30
+log-level = 30
diff --git a/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py b/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py
index 7fbab9e6..4ffdcce4 100644
--- a/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py
+++ b/qubes/tools/qmemmand.py
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ def main():
 
     sys.stdin.close()
 
-    logging.root.setLevel(parser.get_loglevel_from_verbosity(args))
-
     log = logging.getLogger('qmemman.daemon')
 
     config = configparser.SafeConfigParser({
@@ -268,6 +266,8 @@ def main():
             qubes.utils.parse_size(config.get('global', 'dom0-mem-boost'))
         qubes.qmemman.algo.CACHE_FACTOR = \
             config.getfloat('global', 'cache-margin-factor')
+        loglevel = config.getint('global', 'log-level')
+        logging.root.setLevel(loglevel)
 
     log.info('MIN_PREFMEM={algo.MIN_PREFMEM}'
         ' DOM0_MEM_BOOST={algo.DOM0_MEM_BOOST}'