diff --git a/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py b/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py
index 2ee43441be6..50612251973 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/ovsdb/impl_idl.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ class OvsCleanup(command.BaseCommand):
 
 class NeutronOvsdbIdl(impl_idl.OvsdbIdl):
     def __init__(self, connection):
-        vlog.use_python_logger()
+        max_level = None if cfg.CONF.OVS.ovsdb_debug else vlog.INFO
+        vlog.use_python_logger(max_level=max_level)
         super(NeutronOvsdbIdl, self).__init__(connection)
 
     def ovs_cleanup(self, bridges, all_ports=False):
diff --git a/neutron/conf/agent/ovsdb_api.py b/neutron/conf/agent/ovsdb_api.py
index 7c13a85465f..14f6ba2a9a8 100644
--- a/neutron/conf/agent/ovsdb_api.py
+++ b/neutron/conf/agent/ovsdb_api.py
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ API_OPTS = [
                       'when interacting with OVSDB.  Required when using an '
                       '"ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection'
                       )),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('ovsdb_debug',
+                default=False,
+                help=_('Enable OVSDB debug logs')),
 ]