diff --git a/template/Tiltfile b/template/Tiltfile
index fb84bcc0..ac47d53c 100644
--- a/template/Tiltfile
+++ b/template/Tiltfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # If tilt_options.json exists read it and load the default_registry value from it
 settings = read_json('tilt_options.json', default={})
 registry = settings.get('default_registry', 'oci.stackable.tech/sandbox')
+loglevel = settings.get('loglevel', '')
 
 # Configure default registry either read from config file above, or with default value of "oci.stackable.tech/sandbox"
 default_registry(registry)
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ helm_crds, helm_non_crds = filter_yaml(
       namespace="stackable-operators",
       set=[
          'image.repository=' + registry + '/' + operator_name,
+         'logLevel=' + loglevel
       ],
    ),
    api_version = "^apiextensions\\.k8s\\.io/.*$",
diff --git a/template/deploy/helm/[[operator]]/templates/deployment.yaml.j2 b/template/deploy/helm/[[operator]]/templates/deployment.yaml.j2
index f690680f..b5c95c2d 100644
--- a/template/deploy/helm/[[operator]]/templates/deployment.yaml.j2
+++ b/template/deploy/helm/[[operator]]/templates/deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ spec:
             - name: KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN
               value: {{ .Values.kubernetesClusterDomain | quote }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.logLevel }}
+            - name: {[ operator.product_string | upper }]_OPERATOR_LOG
+              value: {{ .Values.logLevel | quote }}
+            {{- end }}
 {[% if operator.product_string in ['kafka'] %}]
             - name: KAFKA_BROKER_CLUSTERROLE
               value: {{ include "operator.fullname" . }}-kafka-broker-clusterrole