diff --git a/hack/deploy/configure-values.sh b/hack/deploy/configure-values.sh
index 37d50fab9..d1c6b8441 100755
--- a/hack/deploy/configure-values.sh
+++ b/hack/deploy/configure-values.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=$2
 KARPENTER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME=$3
 AZURE_KARPENTER_USER_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY_NAME=$4
 
+# Optional values through env vars:
+LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-"info"}
+
 AKS_JSON=$(az aks show --name "$CLUSTER_NAME" --resource-group "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" -o json)
 AZURE_LOCATION=$(jq -r ".location" <<< "$AKS_JSON")
 AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP_MC=$(jq -r ".nodeResourceGroup" <<< "$AKS_JSON")
@@ -47,7 +50,8 @@ NODE_IDENTITIES=$(jq -r ".identityProfile.kubeletidentity.resourceId" <<< "$AKS_
 KARPENTER_USER_ASSIGNED_CLIENT_ID=$(az identity show --resource-group "${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP}" --name "${AZURE_KARPENTER_USER_ASSIGNED_IDENTITY_NAME}" --query 'clientId' -otsv)
 
 export CLUSTER_NAME AZURE_LOCATION AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP_MC KARPENTER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME \
-    CLUSTER_ENDPOINT BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN SSH_PUBLIC_KEY VNET_SUBNET_ID KARPENTER_USER_ASSIGNED_CLIENT_ID NODE_IDENTITIES AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID NETWORK_PLUGIN NETWORK_PLUGIN_MODE NETWORK_POLICY
+    CLUSTER_ENDPOINT BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN SSH_PUBLIC_KEY VNET_SUBNET_ID KARPENTER_USER_ASSIGNED_CLIENT_ID NODE_IDENTITIES AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID NETWORK_PLUGIN NETWORK_PLUGIN_MODE NETWORK_POLICY \
+    LOG_LEVEL
 
 # get karpenter-values-template.yaml, if not already present (e.g. outside of repo context)
 if [ ! -f karpenter-values-template.yaml ]; then
diff --git a/karpenter-values-template.yaml b/karpenter-values-template.yaml
index 01473e98c..8b8fa5e12 100644
--- a/karpenter-values-template.yaml
+++ b/karpenter-values-template.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ serviceAccount:
     azure.workload.identity/client-id: ${KARPENTER_USER_ASSIGNED_CLIENT_ID}
 podLabels:
   azure.workload.identity/use: "true"
+logLevel: ${LOG_LEVEL}