diff --git a/plugin/storage/grpc/config/config.go b/plugin/storage/grpc/config/config.go
index e8890d360a5..67aaca57ddc 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/grpc/config/config.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/grpc/config/config.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 type Configuration struct {
 	PluginBinary            string `yaml:"binary"`
 	PluginConfigurationFile string `yaml:"configuration-file"`
+	PluginLogLevel          string `yaml:"log-level"`
 }
 
 // Build instantiates a StoragePlugin
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func (c *Configuration) Build() (shared.StoragePlugin, error) {
 		Cmd:              cmd,
 		AllowedProtocols: []plugin.Protocol{plugin.ProtocolGRPC},
 		Logger: hclog.New(&hclog.LoggerOptions{
-			Level: hclog.Warn,
+			Level: hclog.LevelFromString(c.PluginLogLevel),
 		}),
 	})
 
diff --git a/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go b/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go
index 67a2607290f..e846380f82b 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ func TestWithConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	command.ParseFlags([]string{
 		"--grpc-storage-plugin.binary=noop-grpc-plugin",
 		"--grpc-storage-plugin.configuration-file=config.json",
+		"--grpc-storage-plugin.log-level=debug",
 	})
 	f.InitFromViper(v)
 	assert.Equal(t, f.options.Configuration.PluginBinary, "noop-grpc-plugin")
 	assert.Equal(t, f.options.Configuration.PluginConfigurationFile, "config.json")
+	assert.Equal(t, f.options.Configuration.PluginLogLevel, "debug")
 }
diff --git a/plugin/storage/grpc/options.go b/plugin/storage/grpc/options.go
index 82cac8d9311..b2c0f17667f 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/grpc/options.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/grpc/options.go
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/plugin/storage/grpc/config"
 )
 
-const pluginBinary = "grpc-storage-plugin.binary"
-const pluginConfigurationFile = "grpc-storage-plugin.configuration-file"
+const (
+	pluginBinary            = "grpc-storage-plugin.binary"
+	pluginConfigurationFile = "grpc-storage-plugin.configuration-file"
+	pluginLogLevel          = "grpc-storage-plugin.log-level"
+	defaultPluginLogLevel   = "warn"
+)
 
 // Options contains GRPC plugins configs and provides the ability
 // to bind them to command line flags
@@ -35,10 +39,13 @@ type Options struct {
 func (opt *Options) AddFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flagSet.String(pluginBinary, "", "The location of the plugin binary")
 	flagSet.String(pluginConfigurationFile, "", "A path pointing to the plugin's configuration file, made available to the plugin with the --config arg")
+	flagSet.String(pluginLogLevel, defaultPluginLogLevel, "Set the log level of the plugin's logger")
 }
 
 // InitFromViper initializes Options with properties from viper
 func (opt *Options) InitFromViper(v *viper.Viper) {
 	opt.Configuration.PluginBinary = v.GetString(pluginBinary)
 	opt.Configuration.PluginConfigurationFile = v.GetString(pluginConfigurationFile)
+	opt.Configuration.PluginLogLevel = v.GetString(pluginLogLevel)
+
 }
diff --git a/plugin/storage/grpc/options_test.go b/plugin/storage/grpc/options_test.go
index 510a1033e93..be0e3611b67 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/grpc/options_test.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/grpc/options_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ func TestOptionsWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	command.ParseFlags([]string{
 		"--grpc-storage-plugin.binary=noop-grpc-plugin",
 		"--grpc-storage-plugin.configuration-file=config.json",
+		"--grpc-storage-plugin.log-level=debug",
 	})
 	opts.InitFromViper(v)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, opts.Configuration.PluginBinary, "noop-grpc-plugin")
 	assert.Equal(t, opts.Configuration.PluginConfigurationFile, "config.json")
+	assert.Equal(t, opts.Configuration.PluginLogLevel, "debug")
 }