diff --git a/config.ini b/config.ini
index 9ab33bb16..352b51da7 100644
--- a/config.ini
+++ b/config.ini
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ nb_vdev=0
 # Number of bond.
 nb_bond=0
 
+# log level for dpdk, optional
+# log_level=0
+
 # Each core write into own pcap file, which is open one time, close one time if enough.
 # Support dump the first snaplen bytes of each packet.
 # if pcap file is lager than savelen bytes, it will be closed and next file was dumped into.
diff --git a/lib/ff_config.c b/lib/ff_config.c
index 30b93f725..116d686c9 100644
--- a/lib/ff_config.c
+++ b/lib/ff_config.c
@@ -656,7 +656,9 @@ ini_parse_handler(void* user, const char* section, const char* name,
     printf("[%s]: %s=%s\n", section, name, value);
 
     #define MATCH(s, n) strcmp(section, s) == 0 && strcmp(name, n) == 0
-    if (MATCH("dpdk", "channel")) {
+    if (MATCH("dpdk", "log_level")) {
+        pconfig->dpdk.log_level = atoi(value);
+    } else if (MATCH("dpdk", "channel")) {
         pconfig->dpdk.nb_channel = atoi(value);
     } else if (MATCH("dpdk", "memory")) {
         pconfig->dpdk.memory = atoi(value);
@@ -760,6 +762,10 @@ dpdk_args_setup(struct ff_config *cfg)
         sprintf(temp, "-m%d", cfg->dpdk.memory);
         dpdk_argv[n++] = strdup(temp);
     }
+    if (cfg->dpdk.log_level) {
+        sprintf(temp, "--log-level=%d", cfg->dpdk.log_level);
+        dpdk_argv[n++] = strdup(temp);
+    }
     if (cfg->dpdk.proc_type) {
         sprintf(temp, "--proc-type=%s", cfg->dpdk.proc_type);
         dpdk_argv[n++] = strdup(temp);
diff --git a/lib/ff_config.h b/lib/ff_config.h
index 30d7d4052..a6fca3891 100644
--- a/lib/ff_config.h
+++ b/lib/ff_config.h
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ struct ff_config {
         int nb_ports;
         uint16_t max_portid;
         uint16_t *portid_list;
+
+        // load dpdk log level
+        uint16_t log_level;
         // MAP(portid => struct ff_port_cfg*)
         struct ff_port_cfg *port_cfgs;
         struct ff_vdev_cfg *vdev_cfgs;