diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
index fbd2acb6e..4eb5d07c3 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 soc:
   logFilename: /opt/sensoroni/logs/sensoroni-server.log
+  logLevel: info
   actions:
     - name: actionHunt
       description: actionHuntHelp
diff --git a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
index 8d7cc8481..5be2dbed0 100644
--- a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 soc:
+  logLevel:
+    description: The SOC log level, useful for enabling debug logging for advanced troubleshooting. Allowed values are debug, info, warn, error. The SOC log is available at /opt/so/log/soc/sensoroni-server.log.
+    global: True
+    regex: (info|debug|warn|error)
   files:
     soc:
       banner__md: