diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Elmah/ElmahConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/Topshelf.Elmah/ElmahConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 7e761868..6ef5d018 100644
--- a/src/Topshelf.Elmah/ElmahConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Elmah/ElmahConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -28,5 +28,15 @@ public static void UseElmah(this HostConfigurator configurator)
         {
             ElmahLogWriterFactory.Use();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Specify that you want to use the Elmah logging engine.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurator"> </param>
+        /// <param name="logLevels">The desired level of elmah logging</param>
+        public static void UseElmah(this HostConfigurator configurator, ElmahLogLevels logLevels)
+        {
+            ElmahLogWriterFactory.Use(logLevels);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriter.cs b/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriter.cs
index 5e194eab..4123ba13 100644
--- a/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriter.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ private void WriteToElmah(ElmahLogLevelsEnum logLevel, string message, Exception
             error.HostName = Environment.MachineName;
             error.Detail = exception == null ? message : exception.StackTrace;
 
-            _log.Log(error);
+            if(IsLogLevelEnabled(logLevel))
+                _log.Log(error);
         }
 
         private string GetLogLevel(ElmahLogLevelsEnum logLevel)
@@ -244,7 +245,23 @@ public void FatalFormat(IFormatProvider provider, string format, params object[]
         {
             WriteToElmah(ElmahLogLevelsEnum.Fatal, format, args);
         }
-
+        private bool IsLogLevelEnabled(ElmahLogLevelsEnum logLevel)
+        {
+            switch (logLevel)
+            {
+                case ElmahLogLevelsEnum.Debug:
+                    return IsDebugEnabled;
+                case ElmahLogLevelsEnum.Info:
+                    return IsInfoEnabled;
+                case ElmahLogLevelsEnum.Warn:
+                    return IsWarnEnabled;
+                case ElmahLogLevelsEnum.Error:
+                    return IsErrorEnabled;
+                case ElmahLogLevelsEnum.Fatal:
+                    return IsFatalEnabled;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
         public bool IsDebugEnabled
         {
             get { return _logLevels.IsDebugEnabled; }
diff --git a/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriterFactory.cs b/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriterFactory.cs
index a014282e..9eacce01 100644
--- a/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriterFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Topshelf.Elmah/Logging/ElmahLogWriterFactory.cs
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ namespace Topshelf.Logging
     public class ElmahLogWriterFactory :
         LogWriterFactory
     {
+        private readonly ElmahLogLevels _logLevels;
+        private ElmahLogWriterFactory(ElmahLogLevels logLevels)
+        {
+            _logLevels = logLevels;
+        }
+
         public LogWriter Get(string name)
         {
-            return new ElmahLogWriter();
+            return new ElmahLogWriter(_logLevels);
         }
 
         public void Shutdown()
@@ -28,9 +34,9 @@ public void Shutdown()
 
         }
 
-        public static void Use()
+        public static void Use(ElmahLogLevels logLevels = null)
         {
-            HostLogger.UseLogger(new ElmahHostLoggerConfigurator());
+            HostLogger.UseLogger(new ElmahHostLoggerConfigurator(logLevels));
         }
 
 
@@ -38,9 +44,15 @@ public static void Use()
         public class ElmahHostLoggerConfigurator :
             HostLoggerConfigurator
         {
+            private readonly ElmahLogLevels _logLevels;
+            public ElmahHostLoggerConfigurator(ElmahLogLevels logLevels)
+            {
+                _logLevels = logLevels;
+            }
+
             public LogWriterFactory CreateLogWriterFactory()
             {
-                return new ElmahLogWriterFactory();
+                return new ElmahLogWriterFactory(_logLevels);
             }
         }
     }