diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebdfccc..3e7ff04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ Changes in ``pynose`` from legacy ``nose`` include:
 * Fixes "DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API."
 * Fixes all ``flake8`` issues from the original ``nose``.
 * Replaces the ``imp`` module with the newer ``importlib`` module.
-* The default logging level now hides "debug" logs for less noise.
+* The default logging level now hides `"INFO"` logs for less noise.
+* Adds ``--capture-logs`` for hiding output from all logging levels.
+* Adds ``--logging-init`` to use ``logging.basicConfig(level)``.
 * The ``-s`` option is always active to see the output of ``print()``.
+* Adds ``--capture-output`` for hiding the output of ``print()``.
 * Adds ``--co`` as a shortcut to using ``--collect-only``.
 
 --------
@@ -363,9 +366,11 @@ Options
 
    Clear all other logging handlers
 
---logging-level=DEFAULT
+--logging-level=LEVEL
 
-   Set the log level to capture
+   Set the log level to capture. (Default: "WARNING")
+   Levels: ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"]
+   You may need to include `--logging-init` to change the default.
 
 --with-coverage
 
@@ -547,4 +552,15 @@ Options
 
    Enable capturing output. This hides the output of print().
    (os.environ["NOSE_CAPTURE"] = "1")
+
+--capture-logs, --capture_logs
+
+   Enable capturing logs. This hides output from all log levels.
+   (os.environ["NOSE_CAPTURELOGS"] = "1")
+
+--logging-init
+
+   Using this will call `logging.basicConfig(level)`, which may
+   be needed if you're trying to change the default logging level
+   with `--logging-level=LEVEL`.
 ```
diff --git a/nose/__version__.py b/nose/__version__.py
index 066d68c..8aaa138 100755
--- a/nose/__version__.py
+++ b/nose/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # pynose nose package
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.5.1"
diff --git a/nose/plugins/logcapture.py b/nose/plugins/logcapture.py
index 70b3eec..16af67e 100644
--- a/nose/plugins/logcapture.py
+++ b/nose/plugins/logcapture.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 You can remove other installed logging handlers with the
 ``--logging-clear-handlers`` option."""
 import logging
+import os
 import threading
 from logging import Handler
 from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
@@ -115,6 +116,18 @@ def options(self, parser, env):
             help="Disable logging capture plugin. "
                  "Logging configuration will be left intact."
                  " [NOSE_NOLOGCAPTURE]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--capture-logs", "--capture_logs", action="store_true",
+            default=0, dest="capture_logs",
+            help="Enable logging capture plugin. "
+                 "Logging configuration will be left intact."
+                 " [NOSE_CAPTURELOGS]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--logging-init", action="store_true",
+            default=0, dest="logging_init",
+            help="Initialize standard logging configuration with:\n"
+                 "logging.basicConfig(level)\n"
+                 " [NOSE_LOGINIT]")
         parser.add_option(
             "--logging-format", action="store", dest="logcapture_format",
             default=env.get('NOSE_LOGFORMAT') or self.logformat,
@@ -149,18 +162,28 @@ def options(self, parser, env):
             help="Clear all other logging handlers")
         parser.add_option(
             "--logging-level", action="store",
-            default='NOTSET', dest="logcapture_level",
+            default='WARNING', dest="logcapture_level",
             help="Set the log level to capture")
 
     def configure(self, options, conf):
         """Configure plugin."""
         self.conf = conf
-        if not options.logcapture or conf.loggingConfig:
-            self.enabled = False
         self.logformat = options.logcapture_format
         self.logdatefmt = options.logcapture_datefmt
         self.clear = options.logcapture_clear
         self.loglevel = options.logcapture_level
+        if not options.logcapture or conf.loggingConfig:
+            self.enabled = False
+        if (
+            "NOSE_CAPTURELOGS" in os.environ
+            and os.environ["NOSE_CAPTURELOGS"] == "1"
+        ) or options.capture_logs:
+            self.enabled = True
+        if (
+            "NOSE_LOGINIT" in os.environ
+            and os.environ["NOSE_LOGINIT"] == "1"
+        ) or options.logging_init:
+            logging.basicConfig(level=self.loglevel)
         if options.logcapture_filters:
             self.filters = options.logcapture_filters.split(',')