diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/defaults/main.yml
index 38afefb2c8cca379eb283a48f4f7f8a2c85d24fe..e9c5f747fae56346b0a405b94a2fe5227ec9125d 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ local_volume_provisioner_storage_classes: |
       "fs_type": "ext4"
     }
   }
+local_volume_provisioner_log_level: 2
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/templates/local-volume-provisioner-ds.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/templates/local-volume-provisioner-ds.yml.j2
index 90a47309093c70fba05ec51e002e2ffd106a001e..87385fcfe02827befc84085c8710ce23fa9361e2 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/templates/local-volume-provisioner-ds.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/templates/local-volume-provisioner-ds.yml.j2
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ spec:
         - name: provisioner
           image: {{ local_volume_provisioner_image_repo }}:{{ local_volume_provisioner_image_tag }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ k8s_image_pull_policy }}
+          args:
+          - "-v={{ local_volume_provisioner_log_level }}"
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
           env: