diff --git a/nova/conf/glance.py b/nova/conf/glance.py
index c701cebc55a9..e6586fd2d6bc 100644
--- a/nova/conf/glance.py
+++ b/nova/conf/glance.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ Glance v2 will be a hard requirement in Ocata.
                 default=False,
                 help='Require Nova to perform signature verification on '
                      'each image downloaded from Glance.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('debug',
+                default=False,
+                help='Enable or disable debug logging with glanceclient.'),
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/nova/config.py b/nova/config.py
index 22233624db72..db64ddf8f74a 100644
--- a/nova/config.py
+++ b/nova/config.py
@@ -26,16 +26,18 @@ from nova import version
 
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 
-_EXTRA_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = ['glanceclient=WARN']
-
 
 def parse_args(argv, default_config_files=None, configure_db=True,
                init_rpc=True):
     log.register_options(CONF)
     # We use the oslo.log default log levels which includes suds=INFO
     # and add only the extra levels that Nova needs
+    if CONF.glance.debug:
+        extra_default_log_levels = ['glanceclient=DEBUG']
+    else:
+        extra_default_log_levels = ['glanceclient=WARN']
     log.set_defaults(default_log_levels=log.get_default_log_levels() +
-                     _EXTRA_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS)
+                     extra_default_log_levels)
     rpc.set_defaults(control_exchange='nova')
     config.set_middleware_defaults()
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_conf.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_conf.py
index 17f3630cea25..d6e62cf375d7 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_conf.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_conf.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 
 import fixtures
+import mock
 from oslo_config import cfg
 
 import nova.conf.virt
+from nova import config
 from nova import test
 
 
@@ -80,3 +82,18 @@ class ConfTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
         # a dict.
         actual = [{'node': '0', 'size': '2048', 'count': '64'}]
         self.assertEqual(actual, self.conf.reserved_huge_pages)
+
+
+class TestParseArgs(test.NoDBTestCase):
+
+    @mock.patch.object(config.log, 'register_options')
+    def test_parse_args_glance_debug_false(self, register_options):
+        self.flags(debug=False, group='glance')
+        config.parse_args([], configure_db=False, init_rpc=False)
+        self.assertIn('glanceclient=WARN', config.CONF.default_log_levels)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(config.log, 'register_options')
+    def test_parse_args_glance_debug_true(self, register_options):
+        self.flags(debug=True, group='glance')
+        config.parse_args([], configure_db=False, init_rpc=False)
+        self.assertIn('glanceclient=DEBUG', config.CONF.default_log_levels)