diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index b04f83755..5de277c02 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
   # Include generic and useful information about system operation, but avoid logging too much
   # information to avoid inadvertent exposure of personally identifiable information (PII).
-  config.log_level = :info
+  config.log_level = ENV.fetch("RAILS_LOG_LEVEL", :info)
 
   # Prepend all log lines with the following tags.
   config.log_tags = [:request_id]