diff --git a/NewMakefile.gmk b/NewMakefile.gmk
index b02e37f6a4d29032d007ca1a74290ee0dc49ca00..033183289ff72ebd1721aba4d465e5de3ba1fae4 100644
--- a/NewMakefile.gmk
+++ b/NewMakefile.gmk
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ else
             grep ^.PHONY: | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2-)))
 
 $(all_phony_targets):
-	@$(foreach spec,$(SPEC),($(MAKE) -f NewMakefile.gmk SPEC=$(spec) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE) $@) &&) true
+	@$(foreach spec,$(SPEC),($(MAKE) -f NewMakefile.gmk SPEC=$(spec) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE) LOG_LEVEL=$(LOG_LEVEL) $@) &&) true
 
     endif
 endif
diff --git a/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in b/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
index 2172ee8ef6807281e5fc21756869f3c229d4cb23..a7e66a31320e804a7b43a07a4709595d1880ab05 100644
--- a/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
+++ b/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ MAKE_ARGS="SPEC=$(SPEC)"
 
 MAKE:=@MAKE@
 
-# Pass along the verbosity setting.
+# Pass along the verbosity and log level settings.
 ifeq (,$(findstring VERBOSE=,$(MAKE)))
-    MAKE:=$(MAKE) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)"
+    MAKE:=$(MAKE) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)" LOG_LEVEL="$(LOG_LEVEL)"
 endif
 
 # No implicit variables or rules!