diff --git a/systemd/emulation.go b/systemd/emulation.go
index addae88cc50..db451dd87ce 100644
--- a/systemd/emulation.go
+++ b/systemd/emulation.go
@@ -238,3 +238,7 @@ func (s *emulation) Umount(whatOrWhere string) error {
 func (s *emulation) Run(command []string, opts *RunOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, &notImplementedError{"Run"}
 }
+
+func (s *emulation) SetLogLevel(logLevel string) error {
+	return &notImplementedError{"SetLogLevel"}
+}
diff --git a/systemd/systemd.go b/systemd/systemd.go
index ea2b0d584a5..d2ccf50bec3 100644
--- a/systemd/systemd.go
+++ b/systemd/systemd.go
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ type Systemd interface {
 	CurrentTasksCount(unit string) (uint64, error)
 	// Run a command
 	Run(command []string, opts *RunOptions) ([]byte, error)
+	// Set log level for the system
+	SetLogLevel(logLevel string) error
 }
 
 // KeyringMode describes how the kernel keyring is setup, see systemd.exec(5)
@@ -1745,3 +1747,8 @@ func (s *systemd) Run(command []string, opts *RunOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return stdout, nil
 }
+
+func (s *systemd) SetLogLevel(logLevel string) error {
+	_, err := s.systemctl("log-level", logLevel)
+	return err
+}