diff --git a/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/templates/deployment.yaml
index e817cc4..9860d84 100644
--- a/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ spec:
             - ":{{ .Values.metrics.port }}"
             - -health-probe-bind-address
             - ":8081"
+          {{- if .Values.loggingLevel }}
+            - -level
+            - {{ .Values.loggingLevel | quote }}
+          {{- end }}
           env:
           {{- if .Values.providerRegex }}
             - name: PROVIDER_REGEX
diff --git a/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/values.yaml b/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/values.yaml
index f9e45f7..0e0a79e 100644
--- a/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubelet-csr-approver/values.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ providerIpPrefixes: []
 #   - 192.168.8.0/22
 #   - fc00::/7
 
+# logging level ranges from -5 (Fatal) to 10 (Verbose). default level is 0
+loggingLevel: 0
+
 namespace: ""
 
 image: