diff --git a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
index 937d34821573888720ed345f7404066c8a07c843..6877a963ef3487562253ccb9bd3880b397fa381e 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ static void ffmpeg_log_callback(void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list v
     static bool skip_header = false;
     static int prev_level = -1;
     CV_UNUSED(ptr);
+    if (level>av_log_get_level()) return;
     if (!skip_header || level != prev_level) printf("[OPENCV:FFMPEG:%02d] ", level);
     vprintf(fmt, vargs);
     size_t fmt_len = strlen(fmt);
@@ -866,15 +867,21 @@ class InternalFFMpegRegister
 
     static void initLogger_()
     {
-    #ifndef NO_GETENV
+#ifndef NO_GETENV
         char* debug_option = getenv("OPENCV_FFMPEG_DEBUG");
-        if (debug_option != NULL)
+        char* level_option = getenv("OPENCV_FFMPEG_LOGLEVEL");
+        int level = AV_LOG_VERBOSE;
+        if (level_option != NULL)
+        {
+            level = atoi(level_option);
+        }
+        if ( (debug_option != NULL) || (level_option != NULL) )
         {
-            av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_VERBOSE);
+            av_log_set_level(level);
             av_log_set_callback(ffmpeg_log_callback);
         }
         else
-    #endif
+#endif
         {
             av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_ERROR);
         }