diff --git a/deployment/logging/files/nova-libvirt.yaml b/deployment/logging/files/nova-libvirt.yaml
index c06aabc2ef..b5b7f5aa39 100644
--- a/deployment/logging/files/nova-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/deployment/logging/files/nova-libvirt.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ description: >
   OpenStack containerized Nova libvirt service
 
 parameters:
+  Debug:
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+    description: Set to True to enable debugging on all services.
+  LibvirtDebug:
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+    description: Set to True to enable debugging libvirt services.
   LibvirtLogLevel:
     default: 3
     description: Defines log level in libvirt to filter log output.
@@ -24,17 +32,19 @@ outputs:
     description: Extra hieradata needed to log to files in the host.
     value:
       nova::compute::libvirt::log_outputs:
-        str_replace:
-          template:
-            'LEVEL:file:/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log'
-          params:
-            LEVEL: {get_param: LibvirtLogLevel}
+        if:
+          - or:
+            - {get_param: Debug }
+            - {get_param: LibvirtDebug }
+          - 1
+          - {get_param: LibvirtLogLevel}
       nova::compute::libvirt::virtlogd::log_outputs:
-        str_replace:
-          template:
-            'LEVEL:file:/var/log/libvirt/virtlogd.log'
-          params:
-            LEVEL: {get_param: LibvirtVirtlogdLogLevel}
+        if:
+          - or:
+            - {get_param: Debug }
+            - {get_param: LibvirtDebug }
+          - 1
+          - {get_param: LibvirtVirtlogdLogLevel}
   volumes:
     description: The volumes needed to log to files in the host.
     value:
diff --git a/deployment/logging/stdout/nova-libvirt.yaml b/deployment/logging/stdout/nova-libvirt.yaml
index 722786826f..fd02fe4e6a 100644
--- a/deployment/logging/stdout/nova-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/deployment/logging/stdout/nova-libvirt.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ description: >
   OpenStack containerized Nova libvirt service
 
 parameters:
+  Debug:
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+    description: Set to True to enable debugging on all services.
+  LibvirtDebug:
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+    description: Set to True to enable debugging libvirt services.
   LibvirtLogLevel:
     default: 3
     description: Defines log level in libvirt to filter log output.
@@ -24,17 +32,19 @@ outputs:
     description: Extra hieradata needed to log to stdout.
     value:
       nova::compute::libvirt::log_outputs:
-        str_replace:
-          template:
-            'LEVEL:stderr'
-          params:
-            LEVEL: {get_param: LibvirtLogLevel}
+        if:
+          - or:
+            - {get_param: Debug }
+            - {get_param: LibvirtDebug }
+          - 1
+          - {get_param: LibvirtLogLevel}
       nova::compute::libvirt::virtlogd::log_outputs:
-        str_replace:
-          template:
-            'LEVEL:stderr'
-          params:
-            LEVEL: {get_param: LibvirtVirtlogdLogLevel}
+        if:
+          - or:
+            - {get_param: Debug }
+            - {get_param: LibvirtDebug }
+          - 1
+          - {get_param: LibvirtVirtlogdLogLevel}
   docker_config:
     description: Extra containers needed for logging to stdout or a sidecar container.
     value: null
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/libvirt-debug-0bf95db421329ff6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt-debug-0bf95db421329ff6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6712c9a840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt-debug-0bf95db421329ff6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The ``LibvirtDebug`` parameter has been added to enable or disable debug
+    logging of libvirtd and virtlogd.
+
+  - |
+    Now the debug logging of libvirtd and virtlogd is enabled automatically
+    when the Debug parameter is true.