diff --git a/.changelog/15625.txt b/.changelog/15625.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e5e82668ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/15625.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+agent: Make agent syslog log level follow log_level config
+```
diff --git a/command/agent/command.go b/command/agent/command.go
index b2bcbeaa7cd..c16bbd242c0 100644
--- a/command/agent/command.go
+++ b/command/agent/command.go
@@ -472,10 +472,21 @@ func SetupLoggers(ui cli.Ui, config *Config) (*logutils.LevelFilter, *gatedwrite
 
 	// Create a log writer, and wrap a logOutput around it
 	writers := []io.Writer{logFilter}
-
+	logLevel := strings.ToUpper(config.LogLevel)
+	logLevelMap := map[string]gsyslog.Priority{
+		"ERROR": gsyslog.LOG_ERR,
+		"WARN":  gsyslog.LOG_WARNING,
+		"INFO":  gsyslog.LOG_INFO,
+		"DEBUG": gsyslog.LOG_DEBUG,
+		"TRACE": gsyslog.LOG_DEBUG,
+	}
+	if logLevel == "OFF" {
+		config.EnableSyslog = false
+	}
 	// Check if syslog is enabled
 	if config.EnableSyslog {
-		l, err := gsyslog.NewLogger(gsyslog.LOG_NOTICE, config.SyslogFacility, "nomad")
+		ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Config enable_syslog is `true` with log_level=%v", config.LogLevel))
+		l, err := gsyslog.NewLogger(logLevelMap[logLevel], config.SyslogFacility, "nomad")
 		if err != nil {
 			ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Syslog setup failed: %v", err))
 			return nil, nil, nil
diff --git a/website/content/docs/configuration/index.mdx b/website/content/docs/configuration/index.mdx
index 2b1d5ee00a1..423309eaf44 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/configuration/index.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/configuration/index.mdx
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ testing.
   diagnostic information about Nomad's internals.
 
 - `enable_syslog` `(bool: false)` - Specifies if the agent should log to syslog.
-  This option only works on Unix based systems.
+  This option only works on Unix based systems. The log level inherits from
+  the Nomad agent log set in `log_level`
 
 - `http_api_response_headers` `(map<string|string>: nil)` - Specifies
   user-defined headers to add to the HTTP API responses.