diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 18c0c22..080aba9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/drone-plugins/drone-plugin-lib
 
 go 1.13
 
-require github.com/urfave/cli v1.21.0
+require (
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/urfave/cli v1.21.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6de7d0f..d7bdccd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 h1:mweAR1A6xJ3oS2pRaGiHgQ4OO8tzTaLawm8vnODuwDk=
+github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2 h1:SPIRibHv4MatM3XXNO2BJeFLZwZ2LvZgfQ5+UNI2im4=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2/go.mod h1:tLMulIdttU9McNUspp0xgXVQah82FyeX6MwdIuYE2rE=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.21.0 h1:wYSSj06510qPIzGSua9ZqsncMmWE3Zr55KBERygyrxE=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.21.0/go.mod h1:lxDj6qX9Q6lWQxIrbrT0nwecwUtRnhVZAJjJZrVUZZQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/pkg/urfave/logging.go b/pkg/urfave/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab91492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/urfave/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019, the Drone Plugins project authors.
+// Please see the AUTHORS file for details. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an Apache 2.0 license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package urfave
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+const logLevelFlag = "log-level"
+
+func loggingFlags() []cli.Flag {
+	return []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  logLevelFlag,
+			Usage: "logging-level",
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// LoggingFromContext sets the logrus logging level.
+func LoggingFromContext(ctx *cli.Context) {
+	lvl, err := logrus.ParseLevel(ctx.String(logLevelFlag))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		lvl = logrus.InfoLevel
+	}
+
+	logrus.SetLevel(lvl)
+	logrus.WithField("level", lvl.String()).Info("setup logging")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/urfave/urfave.go b/pkg/urfave/urfave.go
index bc72994..579f456 100644
--- a/pkg/urfave/urfave.go
+++ b/pkg/urfave/urfave.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func PipelineFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	flags = append(flags, stageFlags()...)
 	flags = append(flags, stepFlags()...)
 	flags = append(flags, semVerFlags()...)
+	flags = append(flags, loggingFlags()...)
 
 	return flags
 }