diff --git a/lib/logging.c b/lib/logging.c
index 3a1452ae..28cec0f7 100644
--- a/lib/logging.c
+++ b/lib/logging.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /*
-    $Id: logging.c,v 1.4 2003/11/04 04:45:24 rocky Exp $
+    $Id: logging.c,v 1.5 2003/11/09 13:57:51 rocky Exp $
 
     Copyright (C) 2000 Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org>
+    Copyright (C) 2003 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "cdio_assert.h"
 
 
-static const char _rcsid[] = "$Id: logging.c,v 1.4 2003/11/04 04:45:24 rocky Exp $";
+static const char _rcsid[] = "$Id: logging.c,v 1.5 2003/11/09 13:57:51 rocky Exp $";
 
 cdio_log_level_t cdio_loglevel_default = CDIO_LOG_WARN;
 
diff --git a/src/cd-info.c b/src/cd-info.c
index 20d8e67f..8cdb0454 100644
--- a/src/cd-info.c
+++ b/src/cd-info.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-    $Id: cd-info.c,v 1.44 2003/11/05 04:12:58 rocky Exp $
+    $Id: cd-info.c,v 1.45 2003/11/09 13:57:51 rocky Exp $
 
     Copyright (C) 2003 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
     Copyright (C) 1996,1997,1998  Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
@@ -755,6 +755,18 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
      
   print_version(program_name, VERSION, opts.no_header, opts.version_only);
 
+  if (opts.debug_level == 3) {
+    cdio_loglevel_default = CDIO_LOG_INFO;
+#ifdef HAVE_VCDINFO
+    vcd_loglevel_default = VCD_LOG_INFO;
+#endif
+  } else if (opts.debug_level >= 4) {
+    cdio_loglevel_default = CDIO_LOG_DEBUG;
+#ifdef HAVE_VCDINFO
+    vcd_loglevel_default = VCD_LOG_DEBUG;
+#endif
+  }
+
   switch (opts.source_image) {
   case IMAGE_UNKNOWN:
   case IMAGE_AUTO: