diff --git a/ate/client.py b/ate/client.py
index 986b445b..622d2765 100644
--- a/ate/client.py
+++ b/ate/client.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ from requests.exceptions import (InvalidSchema, InvalidURL, MissingSchema,
 
 from ate.exception import ParamsError
 
-log_level = getattr(logging, "INFO")
-logging.basicConfig(level=log_level)
 absolute_http_url_regexp = re.compile(r"^https?://", re.I)
 
 
diff --git a/ate/main.py b/ate/main.py
index 9eccf5a8..e40be986 100644
--- a/ate/main.py
+++ b/ate/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import logging
 import unittest
 
 from ate import runner, utils
@@ -56,7 +57,14 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         '--testcase-path', default='testcases',
         help="testcase file path")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--log-level', default='INFO',
+        help="Specify logging level, default is INFO.")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    log_level = getattr(logging, args.log_level.upper())
+    logging.basicConfig(level=log_level)
+
     task_suite = create_task(args.testcase_path)
     unittest.TextTestRunner().run(task_suite)