diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/logs/logs.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/logs/logs.go
index c5ba084a59e..0128d2aadf7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/logs/logs.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/logs/logs.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package logs
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
 
@@ -67,3 +68,12 @@ func FlushLogs() {
 func NewLogger(prefix string) *log.Logger {
 	return log.New(GlogWriter{}, prefix, 0)
 }
+
+// GlogSetter is a setter to set glog level.
+func GlogSetter(val string) (string, error) {
+	var level glog.Level
+	if err := level.Set(val); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed set glog.logging.verbosity %s: %v", val, err)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("successfully set glog.logging.verbosity to %s", val), nil
+}