diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 7e0405e1651d23ea80b2f000495e199a561eca72..412a7c82995ae1cb595f6eb1637703ae8a1a359b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int bpf_load_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 int bpf_verify_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 		       size_t insns_cnt, int strict_alignment,
 		       const char *license, __u32 kern_version,
-		       char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz)
+		       char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz, int log_level)
 {
 	union bpf_attr attr;
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int bpf_verify_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 	attr.license = ptr_to_u64(license);
 	attr.log_buf = ptr_to_u64(log_buf);
 	attr.log_size = log_buf_sz;
-	attr.log_level = 2;
+	attr.log_level = log_level;
 	log_buf[0] = 0;
 	attr.kern_version = kern_version;
 	attr.prog_flags = strict_alignment ? BPF_F_STRICT_ALIGNMENT : 0;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index 16de44a14b48706886ef77e37abed2bafa8e8fc1..418c86e69bcbfae71d93d07c7054afa08b149c18 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int bpf_load_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 int bpf_verify_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 		       size_t insns_cnt, int strict_alignment,
 		       const char *license, __u32 kern_version,
-		       char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz);
+		       char *log_buf, size_t log_buf_sz, int log_level);
 
 int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, const void *key, const void *value,
 			__u64 flags);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_align.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_align.c
index bccebd935907a894afbe835f6ea480131559b9ea..29793694cbc79c3efeb100fed07df8930ec5e62c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_align.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_align.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static int do_test_single(struct bpf_align_test *test)
 	prog_len = probe_filter_length(prog);
 	fd_prog = bpf_verify_program(prog_type ? : BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER,
 				     prog, prog_len, 1, "GPL", 0,
-				     bpf_vlog, sizeof(bpf_vlog));
+				     bpf_vlog, sizeof(bpf_vlog), 2);
 	if (fd_prog < 0) {
 		printf("Failed to load program.\n");
 		printf("%s", bpf_vlog);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index 404aec5208128101812f6c9189ed046d1ec6eb24..f4d0a1de392532e7fd0ebafbb991a453b6bdf3f5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -5633,7 +5633,7 @@ static void do_test_single(struct bpf_test *test, bool unpriv,
 
 	fd_prog = bpf_verify_program(prog_type ? : BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER,
 				     prog, prog_len, test->flags & F_LOAD_WITH_STRICT_ALIGNMENT,
-				     "GPL", 0, bpf_vlog, sizeof(bpf_vlog));
+				     "GPL", 0, bpf_vlog, sizeof(bpf_vlog), 1);
 
 	expected_ret = unpriv && test->result_unpriv != UNDEF ?
 		       test->result_unpriv : test->result;