diff --git a/bin-compiler/src/main.rs b/bin-compiler/src/main.rs
index 1482ae752710211bac6dcaab87745d6bbad57d16..9d421391bbbfe7bba11ac52aa9a595816a45deda 100644
--- a/bin-compiler/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin-compiler/src/main.rs
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ fn main() {
                 .takes_value(true)
         )
         .arg(
-            Arg::new("debug")
-                .long("debug")
-                .short('d')
-                .help("enable debug logging")
+            Arg::new("loglevel")
+                .long("log_level")
+                .short('l')
+                .help("set log level ('none', 'info', 'debug' or 'all')")
+                .default_value("all")
+                .takes_value(true)
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("stdlib")
@@ -64,7 +66,16 @@ fn main() {
         }
     };
 
-    let debug_enabled = app.is_present("debug");
+    let log_level = app.value_of("loglevel").unwrap();
+    let log_level = match log_level {
+        "none" | "None" => rw::runtime2::LogLevel::None,
+        "debug" | "Debug" => rw::runtime2::LogLevel::Debug,
+        "info" | "Info" | "all" | "All" => rw::runtime2::LogLevel::Info,
+        _ => {
+            println!("ERROR: Unexpected log level");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
 
     let standard_library_dir = app.value_of("stdlib")
         .map(|v| v.to_string());
@@ -114,7 +125,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Start runtime
     print!("Startup of runtime ... ");
-    let runtime = rw::runtime2::Runtime::new(num_threads, debug_enabled, protocol_description);
+    let runtime = rw::runtime2::Runtime::new(num_threads, log_level, protocol_description);
     if let Err(err) = &runtime {
         println!("FAILED\nbecause:\n{}", err);
     }