diff --git a/internal/controller/nodeagent.go b/internal/controller/nodeagent.go
index fa28ae2816..fccd8d9e47 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nodeagent.go
+++ b/internal/controller/nodeagent.go
@@ -700,6 +700,10 @@ func (r *DataProtectionApplicationReconciler) customizeNodeAgentDaemonset(ds *ap
 				nodeAgentContainer.Args = append(nodeAgentContainer.Args, fmt.Sprintf("--log-format=%s", dpa.Spec.LogFormat))
 			}
 
+			if dpa.Spec.Configuration.Velero.LogLevel != "" {
+				nodeAgentContainer.Args = append(nodeAgentContainer.Args, fmt.Sprintf("--log-level=%s", dpa.Spec.Configuration.Velero.LogLevel))
+			}
+
 			// Apply unsupported server args from the specified ConfigMap.
 			// This will completely override any previously set args for the node-agent server.
 			// If the ConfigMap exists and is not empty, its key-value pairs will be used as the new CLI arguments.
diff --git a/internal/controller/nodeagent_test.go b/internal/controller/nodeagent_test.go
index 334e0e1716..7513b4e60a 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nodeagent_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/nodeagent_test.go
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ type TestBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSetOptions struct {
 	dataMoverPrepareTimeout *string
 	resourceTimeout         *string
 	logFormat               *string
+	logLevel                *string
 	toleration              []corev1.Toleration
 	nodeSelector            map[string]string
 	disableFsBackup         *bool
@@ -572,6 +573,9 @@ func createTestBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSet(options TestBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSetOption
 	if len(options.priorityClassName) > 0 {
 		testBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSet.Spec.Template.Spec.PriorityClassName = options.priorityClassName
 	}
+	if options.logLevel != nil {
+		testBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args = append(testBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args, fmt.Sprintf("--log-level=%s", *options.logLevel))
+	}
 
 	return testBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSet
 }
@@ -834,6 +838,25 @@ func TestDPAReconciler_buildNodeAgentDaemonset(t *testing.T) {
 				logFormat: ptr.To("text"),
 			}),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "valid DPA CR with LogLevel set to debug, NodeAgent DaemonSet is built with LogLevel set to debug",
+			dpa: createTestDpaWith(
+				nil,
+				oadpv1alpha1.DataProtectionApplicationSpec{
+					Configuration: &oadpv1alpha1.ApplicationConfig{
+						Velero: &oadpv1alpha1.VeleroConfig{
+							LogLevel: "debug",
+						},
+						NodeAgent: &oadpv1alpha1.NodeAgentConfig{},
+					},
+				},
+			),
+			clientObjects:      []client.Object{testGenericInfrastructure},
+			nodeAgentDaemonSet: testNodeAgentDaemonSet.DeepCopy(),
+			wantNodeAgentDaemonSet: createTestBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSet(TestBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSetOptions{
+				logLevel: ptr.To("debug"),
+			}),
+		},
 		{
 			name: "valid DPA CR with DataMoverPrepareTimeout and ResourceTimeout, NodeAgent DaemonSet is built with DataMoverPrepareTimeout and ResourceTimeout",
 			dpa: createTestDpaWith(