diff --git a/archbuilder.in b/archbuilder.in
index 6eec43c..57dc3dd 100644
--- a/archbuilder.in
+++ b/archbuilder.in
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ _OPT_DEPS=()
 _OPT_KEYS=()
 
 _OPT_CON_BUILD_USER="archbuilder"
+_OPT_CON_LOG_LEVEL=""
 _OPT_CON_COPTIONS=""
 
 # actions to initialize runtime
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ function usage() {
     echo -e "  -r, --repo <string>\t\t\t\tHost path to use as repository inside the container. This can be used to avoid"
     echo -e "                     \t\t\t\thanding over dependencies via command line arguments as they will be added to this repo"
     echo -e "  -s, --silent <string>\t\t\t\tMake container silent: No output from container commands will be send to shell."
+    echo -e "  -l, --level <string>\t\t\t\tLog level to use: Possible values are DEBUG, INFO, WARN, SUCCESS or ERROR"
     echo -e "  --version <string>\t\t\t\tPrint version information."
     echo
     echo "coptions:"
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ function usage() {
 }
 
 options=$(getopt \
-    -o hkn:m:p:d:r:e:s \
+    -o hkn:m:p:d:r:e:sl: \
     -l "help" \
     -l keep \
     -l name: \
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ options=$(getopt \
     -l dep: \
     -l repo: \
     -l silent: \
+    -l level: \
     -l version \
     -l key: -- "$@" 2>/dev/null)
 
@@ -101,6 +104,13 @@ while true; do
         -s|--silent)
             _FLAG_SILENT=1
             ;;
+        -l|--level)
+            shift
+            check_log_level "${1}" \
+                || exit_error "${err}"
+            LOG_LEVEL_STDOUT="${1}"
+            LOG_LEVEL_LOG="${1}"
+            ;;
         --version)
             echo -e "archbuilder v${archbuilder_version}"
             exit 0
diff --git a/lib/archbuilder.inc.sh b/lib/archbuilder.inc.sh
index dfc5559..9425082 100644
--- a/lib/archbuilder.inc.sh
+++ b/lib/archbuilder.inc.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function exit_error() {
 }
 
 function check_mode() {
-    log_debug "set_mode for val '${1}' called"
+    log_debug "check_mode for val '${1}' called"
     if [ -z "${1}" ]
     then
         err="Mode not given"
@@ -33,6 +33,30 @@ function check_mode() {
     esac
 }
 
+function check_log_level() {
+    log_debug "check_log_level for val '${1}' called"
+    if [ -z "${1}" ]
+    then
+        err="Log level cannot be empty"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    case "$1" in
+        "DEBUG" \
+            | "INFO" \
+            | "WARN" \
+            | "SUCCESS" \
+            | "ERROR")
+            log_debug "Log level set to '${1}'"
+            return 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            err="Log level '${1}' invalid"
+            return 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 function check_flag() {
     if [ -z "${2}" ]
     then
@@ -44,6 +68,12 @@ function check_flag() {
 
 function set_env() {
     log_info "Checking environment and params"
+
+    check_log_level "${LOG_LEVEL_STDOUT}" \
+        || exit_error "Error setting log level for stdout: '${err}'"
+    check_log_level "${LOG_LEVEL_LOG}" \
+        || exit_error "Error setting log level for log file: '${err}'"
+
     log_debug "Verifying mode '${_OPT_MODE}'"
     check_mode "${_OPT_MODE}" \
         || exit_error "${err}" 1
diff --git a/lib/buildah.inc.sh b/lib/buildah.inc.sh
index c19eaab..d21f754 100644
--- a/lib/buildah.inc.sh
+++ b/lib/buildah.inc.sh
@@ -164,15 +164,18 @@ function buildah_build() {
     arrExt=(${arrExt//=/ })
     ext=$(echo "${arrExt[1]}" | cut -d "'" -f 2)
 
+    log_debug "Running makepkg"
     exec_cmd buildah run --user "${_OPT_CON_BUILD_USER}" ${_BUILDAH_PARAMS} "${_BUILDAH_CONT}" \
         bash -c "cd ${_BUILDAH_MKPKG_PATH} && ${_BUILDAH_MAKEPKG_ENV} makepkg ${_BUILDAH_MAKEPKG_FLAGS} ${_OPT_CON_COPTIONS}"
 
+    log_debug "Copying to cache repo"
     test_null "PKGDEST" "${PKGDEST}" && {
         exec_cmd buildah run --user "${_OPT_CON_BUILD_USER}" ${_BUILDAH_PARAMS} "${_BUILDAH_CONT}" bash -c "cp ${_BUILDAH_MKPKG_PATH}/*${ext} ${_BUILDAH_CACHE_REPO_PATH}"
     } || {
         exec_cmd buildah run --user "${_OPT_CON_BUILD_USER}" ${_BUILDAH_PARAMS} "${_BUILDAH_CONT}" bash -c "cp ${_BUILDAH_PKGDEST_PATH}/*${ext} ${_BUILDAH_CACHE_REPO_PATH}"
     }
 
+    log_debug "Updating cache repo"
     exec_cmd buildah run --user "${_OPT_CON_BUILD_USER}" ${_BUILDAH_PARAMS} "${_BUILDAH_CONT}" bash -c "repo-add -n ${_BUILDAH_CACHE_REPO} ${_BUILDAH_CACHE_REPO_PATH}/*${ext}"
 
     buildah_exit