diff --git a/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
index 3fe0043..92c7a15 100644
--- a/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 	const char *			program;
 	const char *			refstr;
 	int				ntokens;
+	int				loglevel;
 	int32_t				tokpid;
 	int32_t				tsyspid;
 	int32_t				ctrlpid;
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 	csyspid   = 0;
 	keylen    = 0;
 	ntokens   = 0;
+	loglevel  = 0;
 	timeout   = (-1);
 	program   = argv_program_name(argv[0]);
 
@@ -382,6 +384,12 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 					csyspid = toks_arg_to_int32((cspid=entry));
 					break;
 
+				case TAG_LOGLEVEL:
+					loglevel = toks_arg_to_int32(entry);
+					loglevel = (loglevel > 9) ? (-1) : loglevel;
+					cctx.loglevel = loglevel;
+					break;
+
 				case TAG_TIMEOUT:
 					timeout = toks_arg_to_int64((msecs=entry));
 					timeout = (timeout < 0) ? (-2) : timeout;
@@ -484,6 +492,14 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 		return toks_get_driver_ctx_fail(meta);
 	}
 
+	if ((cctx.drvflags & TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_SERVER) && (loglevel < 0)) {
+		if (flags & TOKS_DRIVER_VERBOSITY_ERRORS)
+			toks_dprintf(STDERR_FILENO,
+				"%s: error: loglevel must be in the range of 0..9.",
+				program);
+		return toks_get_driver_ctx_fail(meta);
+	}
+
 	if (uuid && ntapi->tt_string_to_guid_utf8(uuid->arg,&svcguid)) {
 		if (flags & TOKS_DRIVER_VERBOSITY_ERRORS)
 			toks_dprintf(STDERR_FILENO,
diff --git a/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
index 6d37294..fdd3798 100644
--- a/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_CTRLPID,
 	TAG_CSYSPID,
 	TAG_LOGFILE,
+	TAG_LOGLEVEL,
 };
 
 struct toks_ticks {
diff --git a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
index cf00237..25e6f5c 100644
--- a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
@@ -70,5 +70,8 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 				"(x:/path/to/log), or native driver format "
 				"(e.g. \\Device\\HarddiskX\\path\\to\\log"},
 
+	{"log-level",		'O',TAG_LOGLEVEL,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<loglevel>",
+				"set the log level to %s in the range of 0..9"},
+
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };