diff --git a/api/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml b/api/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml
index 7f22612e..f2129afe 100644
--- a/api/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml
+++ b/api/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml
@@ -147,10 +147,20 @@ spec:
                 description: Image used for the ovn-controller container (will be
                   set to environmental default if empty)
                 type: string
+              ovnLogLevel:
+                default: info
+                description: OVNLogLevel - Set log level off, emer, err, warn, info,
+                  or dbg. Default is info.
+                type: string
               ovsContainerImage:
                 description: Image used for the ovsdb-server and ovs-vswitchd containers
                   (will be set to environmental default if empty)
                 type: string
+              ovsLogLevel:
+                default: info
+                description: OVSLogLevel - Set log level off, emer, err, warn, info,
+                  or dbg. Default is info.
+                type: string
               resources:
                 description: |-
                   Resources - Compute Resources required by this service (Limits/Requests).
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/ovncontroller_types.go b/api/v1beta1/ovncontroller_types.go
index 041935b7..f4a60ddb 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/ovncontroller_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/ovncontroller_types.go
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ type OVNControllerSpecCore struct {
 	// If specified the IP address of this network is used as the OVNEncapIP.
 	NetworkAttachment string `json:"networkAttachment"`
 
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+	// +kubebuilder:default=info
+	// OVNLogLevel - Set log level off, emer, err, warn, info, or dbg. Default is info.
+	OVNLogLevel string `json:"ovnLogLevel,omitempty"`
+
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+	// +kubebuilder:default=info
+	// OVSLogLevel - Set log level off, emer, err, warn, info, or dbg. Default is info.
+	OVSLogLevel string `json:"ovsLogLevel,omitempty"`
+
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	// +operator-sdk:csv:customresourcedefinitions:type=spec
 	// TLS - Parameters related to TLS
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml b/config/crd/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml
index 7f22612e..f2129afe 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/ovn.openstack.org_ovncontrollers.yaml
@@ -147,10 +147,20 @@ spec:
                 description: Image used for the ovn-controller container (will be
                   set to environmental default if empty)
                 type: string
+              ovnLogLevel:
+                default: info
+                description: OVNLogLevel - Set log level off, emer, err, warn, info,
+                  or dbg. Default is info.
+                type: string
               ovsContainerImage:
                 description: Image used for the ovsdb-server and ovs-vswitchd containers
                   (will be set to environmental default if empty)
                 type: string
+              ovsLogLevel:
+                default: info
+                description: OVSLogLevel - Set log level off, emer, err, warn, info,
+                  or dbg. Default is info.
+                type: string
               resources:
                 description: |-
                   Resources - Compute Resources required by this service (Limits/Requests).
diff --git a/controllers/ovncontroller_controller.go b/controllers/ovncontroller_controller.go
index 299bb03b..8c3643eb 100644
--- a/controllers/ovncontroller_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ovncontroller_controller.go
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ func (r *OVNControllerReconciler) generateServiceConfigMaps(
 	// Add additional ConfigMap for extra configuration scripts
 	extraScriptsTemplateParameters := make(map[string]any)
 	extraScriptsTemplateParameters["OVNEncapTos"] = instance.Spec.ExternalIDS.OvnEncapTos
+	extraScriptsTemplateParameters["OVSLogLevel"] = instance.Spec.OVSLogLevel
+	extraScriptsTemplateParameters["OVNLogLevel"] = instance.Spec.OVNLogLevel
 
 	extraCms := []util.Template{
 		{
diff --git a/pkg/ovncontroller/configjob.go b/pkg/ovncontroller/configjob.go
index 77488f28..268eda5b 100644
--- a/pkg/ovncontroller/configjob.go
+++ b/pkg/ovncontroller/configjob.go
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ func ConfigJob(
 	envVars["OVNAvailabilityZones"] = env.SetValue(strings.Join(instance.Spec.ExternalIDS.OvnAvailabilityZones, ":"))
 	envVars["PhysicalNetworks"] = env.SetValue(getPhysicalNetworks(instance))
 	envVars["OVNHostName"] = env.DownwardAPI("spec.nodeName")
+	envVars["OVNLogLevel"] = env.SetValue(instance.Spec.OVNLogLevel)
+	envVars["OVSLogLevel"] = env.SetValue(instance.Spec.OVSLogLevel)
 
 	for _, ovnPod := range ovnPods.Items {
 		commands := []string{
diff --git a/templates/ovncontroller/config/configure-ovn.sh b/templates/ovncontroller/config/configure-ovn.sh
index 240a4d7b..5af3b539 100755
--- a/templates/ovncontroller/config/configure-ovn.sh
+++ b/templates/ovncontroller/config/configure-ovn.sh
@@ -15,15 +15,30 @@
 # under the License.
 
 # This script configures ovn-encap-tos setting in OVS external-ids
-# It is only used when ovn-encap-tos is explicitly set to a non-default value
+# It is used when ovn-encap-tos is explicitly set to a non-default value or
+# when OVN or OVS log level values change.
 
 source $(dirname $0)/../container-scripts/functions
 
 OVNEncapTos={{.OVNEncapTos}}
+OVSLogLevel={{.OVSLogLevel}}
+OVNLogLevel={{.OVNLogLevel}}
 
 function configure_ovn_external_ids {
     ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-encap-tos=${OVNEncapTos}
 }
 
+function configure_log_level {
+    for svc in ovsdb-server ovs-vswitchd; do
+        ctl_path=$(find /var/run/openvswitch/ -maxdepth 1 -name "${svc}.*.ctl")
+        ovs-appctl -t ${ctl_path} vlog/set ${OVSLogLevel}
+    done
+
+    ctl_path=$(find /var/run/ovn/ -maxdepth 1 -name "ovn-controller.*.ctl")
+    ovn-appctl -t "$ctl_path" vlog/set ${OVNLogLevel}
+}
+
+
 wait_for_ovsdb_server
 configure_ovn_external_ids
+configure_log_level