diff --git a/docs/pages/corefunctionality/configuration.rst b/docs/pages/corefunctionality/configuration.rst
index 17fe4c95..572bf122 100644
--- a/docs/pages/corefunctionality/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/pages/corefunctionality/configuration.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ If you are developing behind a cooperate proxy, you can configure Hoverfly to us
 Logging
 -------
 Hoverfly logs to SLF4J by default, meaning that you have control of Hoverfly logs using JAVA logging framework.
-Here is an example ``logback.xml`` that directs Hoverfly WARN logs to the console:
+Here is an example ``logback.xml`` that directs Hoverfly ``WARN`` logs to the console:
 
 .. code-block:: xml
 
diff --git a/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyExtensionUtils.java b/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyExtensionUtils.java
index a9142fae..81cf19be 100644
--- a/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyExtensionUtils.java
+++ b/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyExtensionUtils.java
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ static io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.HoverflyConfig getHoverflyConfigs(HoverflyC
                 configs = localConfigs()
                         .sslCertificatePath(config.sslCertificatePath())
                         .sslKeyPath(config.sslKeyPath())
-                        .upstreamProxy(config.upstreamProxy());
+                        .upstreamProxy(config.upstreamProxy())
+                        .logLevel(config.logLevel());
                 if (config.plainHttpTunneling()) {
                     ((LocalHoverflyConfig) configs).plainHttpTunneling();
                 }
diff --git a/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/api/HoverflyConfig.java b/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/api/HoverflyConfig.java
index 71a79a85..9b759970 100644
--- a/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/api/HoverflyConfig.java
+++ b/junit5/src/main/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/api/HoverflyConfig.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.SimulationPreprocessor;
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.config.LocalHoverflyConfig;
+import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.config.LogLevel;
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.config.RemoteHoverflyConfig;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
@@ -92,4 +93,9 @@
      * Set additional commands for starting Hoverfly
      */
     String[] commands() default {};
+
+    /**
+     * Set Hoverfly log level
+     */
+    LogLevel logLevel() default LogLevel.INFO;
 }
diff --git a/junit5/src/test/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyConfigTest.java b/junit5/src/test/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyConfigTest.java
index d76ec51e..10011c12 100644
--- a/junit5/src/test/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyConfigTest.java
+++ b/junit5/src/test/java/io/specto/hoverfly/junit5/HoverflyConfigTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.HoverflyMode;
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.SimulationPreprocessor;
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.config.HoverflyConfiguration;
+import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.config.LogLevel;
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit.core.model.Simulation;
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit5.api.HoverflyConfig;
 import io.specto.hoverfly.junit5.api.HoverflyCore;
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 
+import java.util.Optional;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ void shouldUseDefaultValues(Hoverfly hoverfly) {
             assertThat(configs.isStatefulCapture()).isFalse();
             assertThat(configs.getSimulationPreprocessor()).isEmpty();
             assertThat(configs.getCommands()).isEmpty();
+            assertThat(configs.getLogLevel()).isEqualTo(Optional.of(LogLevel.INFO));
         }
     }
 
@@ -49,7 +53,8 @@ void shouldUseDefaultValues(Hoverfly hoverfly) {
             plainHttpTunneling = true, disableTlsVerification = true, upstreamProxy = "localhost:5000",
             webServer = true, statefulCapture = true,
             simulationPreprocessor = CustomSimulationPreprocessor.class,
-            commands = { "-log-level", "error" }
+            commands = { "-log-level", "error" },
+            logLevel = LogLevel.DEBUG
     ))
     @ExtendWith(HoverflyExtension.class)
     class CustomizedSettings {
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ void shouldUseCustomizedValues(Hoverfly hoverfly) {
             assertThat(configs.isStatefulCapture()).isTrue();
             assertThat(configs.getSimulationPreprocessor()).isPresent();
             assertThat(configs.getCommands()).containsExactly("-log-level", "error");
+            assertThat(configs.getLogLevel()).isEqualTo(Optional.of(LogLevel.DEBUG));
         }
 
     }