diff --git a/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
index 61bb7e8e2aa6b0f4af7429e56345d1abeffa0eec..36257860d752be8c779d564a8acb6a23f3792d08 100644
--- a/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 - name: Deploy configuration file for log rotation of slapd logs
   copy: src=slapd_logrotate dest=/etc/logrotate.d/slapd owner=root group=root mode=0644
 
+- name: Change log level for slapd
+  ldap_entry: dn=cn=config state=replaceattributes olcLogLevel="{{ ldap_server_config.log_level }}"
+
 - name: Install Python LDAP bindings
   apt: name=python-ldap state=installed