diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 76ac8a22..aa7fcf34 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Relase date to be decided, codename to be chosen.
 
 - The :func:`flask.url_for` function now can generate anchors to the
   generated links.
+- Logger now only returns the debug log setting if it was not set
+  explicitly.
 
 Version 0.8.1
 -------------
diff --git a/flask/logging.py b/flask/logging.py
index b992aef8..9ad641d1 100644
--- a/flask/logging.py
+++ b/flask/logging.py
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ def create_logger(app):
 
     class DebugLogger(Logger):
         def getEffectiveLevel(x):
-            return DEBUG if app.debug else Logger.getEffectiveLevel(x)
+            if x.level == 0 and app.debug:
+                return DEBUG
+            return Logger.getEffectiveLevel(x)
 
     class DebugHandler(StreamHandler):
         def emit(x, record):
diff --git a/flask/testsuite/helpers.py b/flask/testsuite/helpers.py
index 80729821..06b0542d 100644
--- a/flask/testsuite/helpers.py
+++ b/flask/testsuite/helpers.py
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ class LoggingTestCase(FlaskTestCase):
                 else:
                     self.assert_(False, 'debug log ate the exception')
 
+    def test_debug_log_override(self):
+        app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+        app.debug = True
+        app.logger_name = 'flask_tests/test_debug_log_override'
+        app.logger.level = 10
+        self.assert_equal(app.logger.level, 10)
+
     def test_exception_logging(self):
         out = StringIO()
         app = flask.Flask(__name__)