diff --git a/src/daemon/command.c b/src/daemon/command.c
index b567f1de2..9a6232b8f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/command.c
+++ b/src/daemon/command.c
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ static struct pw_command *parse_command_set_prop(struct pw_properties *propertie
 	pw_log_debug("set property: '%s' = '%s'", this->args[1], this->args[2]);
 	pw_properties_set(properties, this->args[1], this->args[2]);
 
+	if (strcmp(this->args[1], SPA_KEY_LOG_LEVEL) == 0) {
+		pw_log_set_level(atoi(this->args[2]));
+		setenv("PIPEWIRE_DEBUG", this->args[2], 1);
+	}
+
 	return this;
 
 error_arguments:
diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
index 574cba4f8..4d2ba37f9 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #set-prop link.max-buffers		64
 set-prop link.max-buffers		16		# version < 3 clients can't handle more
 #set-prop mem.allow-mlock		true
+#set-prop log.level			2
 
 ## Properties for the DSP configuration
 #