diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/resources/config/logback.xml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/resources/config/logback.xml
index ba247e1..8756d57 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/resources/config/logback.xml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/resources/config/logback.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
   </logger>
 
 
-  <root level="INFO">
+  <root level="{{.Values.config.dmaapDrNode.logLevel}}">
     <appender-ref ref="asyncAudit" />
     <appender-ref ref="asyncMetrics" />
     <appender-ref ref="asyncDebug" />
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/values.yaml
index 00e0d2d..871a422 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-node/values.yaml
@@ -120,3 +120,6 @@
     portName2: dr-node-port2
     nodePort: 93
     nodePort2: 94
+    # dr uses the EELF Logging framework https://github.com/att/EELF
+    # and supports the following log levels: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF
+    logLevel: "INFO"
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/resources/config/logback.xml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/resources/config/logback.xml
index f67b1cf..dba613c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/resources/config/logback.xml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/resources/config/logback.xml
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 
 
 
-    <root level="INFO">
+    <root level="{{.Values.config.dmaapDrProv.logLevel}}">
         <appender-ref ref="asyncEELF" />
         <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFError" />
         <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFjettylog" />
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml
index 8e3364f..4dcd7c3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
     portName2: dr-prov-port2
     nodePort: 59
     nodePort2: 69
+    # dr uses the EELF Logging framework https://github.com/att/EELF
+    # and supports the following log levels: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF
+    logLevel: "INFO"
+
   # dr-prov db configuration
   dmaapDrDb:
     mariadbServiceName: dmaap-dr-db-svc