diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go
index c43ae59..2dc4183 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-docker/main.go
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "Set this flag if you only want to build the image, without pushing to a registry",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_NO_PUSH",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "verbosity",
+			Usage:  "Set this flag with value as oneof <panic|fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace> to set the logging level for kaniko. Defaults to info.",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_VERBOSITY",
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheTTL:      c.Int("cache-ttl"),
 			DigestFile:    defaultDigestFile,
 			NoPush:        c.Bool("no-push"),
+			Verbosity:     c.String("verbosity"),
 		},
 		Artifact: kaniko.Artifact{
 			Tags:         c.StringSlice("tags"),
diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go
index 0870848..af68108 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-ecr/main.go
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "Set this flag if you only want to build the image, without pushing to a registry",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_NO_PUSH",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "verbosity",
+			Usage:  "Set this flag with value as oneof <panic|fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace> to set the logging level for kaniko. Defaults to info.",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_VERBOSITY",
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheTTL:     c.Int("cache-ttl"),
 			DigestFile:   defaultDigestFile,
 			NoPush:       c.Bool("no-push"),
+			Verbosity:    c.String("verbosity"),
 		},
 		Artifact: kaniko.Artifact{
 			Tags:         c.StringSlice("tags"),
diff --git a/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go b/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go
index 80f1699..ce5511c 100644
--- a/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaniko-gcr/main.go
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "Set this flag if you only want to build the image, without pushing to a registry",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_NO_PUSH",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "verbosity",
+			Usage:  "Set this flag as --verbosity=<panic|fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace> to set the logging level for kaniko. Defaults to info.",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_VERBOSITY",
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			CacheTTL:     c.Int("cache-ttl"),
 			DigestFile:   defaultDigestFile,
 			NoPush:       c.Bool("no-push"),
+			Verbosity:    c.String("verbosity"),
 		},
 		Artifact: kaniko.Artifact{
 			Tags:         c.StringSlice("tags"),
diff --git a/kaniko.go b/kaniko.go
index 18c3554..4271f00 100644
--- a/kaniko.go
+++ b/kaniko.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type (
 		CacheTTL      int      // Cache timeout in hours
 		DigestFile    string   // Digest file location
 		NoPush        bool     // Set this flag if you only want to build the image, without pushing to a registry
+		Verbosity     string   // Log level
 	}
 	// Artifact defines content of artifact file
 	Artifact struct {
@@ -88,10 +89,10 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 
 	if p.Build.EnableCache == true {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--cache=true"))
-	}
 
-	if p.Build.CacheRepo != "" {
-		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--cache-repo=%s", p.Build.CacheRepo))
+		if p.Build.CacheRepo != "" {
+			cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--cache-repo=%s", p.Build.CacheRepo))
+		}
 	}
 
 	if p.Build.CacheTTL != 0 {
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if p.Build.Verbosity != "" {
+		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--verbosity=%s", p.Build.Verbosity))
+	}
+
 	cmd := exec.Command("/kaniko/executor", cmdArgs...)
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr