diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-logger/src/lib.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-logger/src/lib.rs
index 46a5f49..22cb0b6 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-logger/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-logger/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ impl log::Log for KataLogger {
     fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
         if self.enabled(record.metadata()) {
             extern "C" {
-                fn logger_log(msg: *const cstr_core::c_char);
+                fn logger_log(level: u8, msg: *const cstr_core::c_char);
             }
             use bare_io::{Cursor, Write};
             let mut buf = [0 as u8; MAX_MSG_LEN];
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ impl log::Log for KataLogger {
                 // NB: this releases the ref on buf held by the Cursor
                 let pos = cur.position() as usize;
                 logger_log(
+                    record.level() as u8,
                     match CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(&buf[..pos]) {
                         Ok(cstr) => cstr,
                         Err(_) => embedded_nul_cstr(&mut buf, record),
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[no_mangle]
-    pub extern "C" fn logger_log(msg: *const cstr_core::c_char) {
+    pub extern "C" fn logger_log(_level: u8, msg: *const cstr_core::c_char) {
         unsafe {
             // NB: this depends on msg pointing to the caller's array
             MSGS.push(*(msg as *const [u8; MAX_MSG_LEN]));
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
index e6e6927..ac5423e 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ fn echo_command(cmdline: &str, output: &mut dyn io::Write) -> Result<(), Command
 }
 
 // Set/display the max log level for the DebugConsole.
-// TODO(sleffler): support setting the log level in other components
 fn loglevel_command(
     args: &mut dyn Iterator<Item = &str>,
     output: &mut dyn io::Write,
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/Cargo.toml b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/Cargo.toml
index 10e4e1d..5abd0f1 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 cstr_core = { version = "0.2.3", default-features = false }
 cty = "0.2.1"
 kata-io = { path = "../kata-io" }
+log = "0.4"
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/src/lib.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/src/lib.rs
index 9f0c152..0f25d25 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-uart-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,23 @@ extern "C" {
 
 // Console logging interface.
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn logger_log(msg: *const cstr_core::c_char) {
-    let output: &mut dyn io::Write = &mut self::Tx {};
-    unsafe {
-        let _ = writeln!(output, "{}", CStr::from_ptr(msg).to_str().unwrap());
+pub extern "C" fn logger_log(level: u8, msg: *const cstr_core::c_char) {
+    use log::Level;
+    // TODO(sleffler): seems like this should be try_from?
+    let l = match level {
+        x if x == Level::Error as u8 => Level::Error,
+        x if x == Level::Warn as u8 => Level::Warn,
+        x if x == Level::Info as u8 => Level::Info,
+        x if x == Level::Debug as u8 => Level::Debug,
+        x if x == Level::Trace as u8 => Level::Trace,
+        _ => { return },  // TODO(sleffler): accept or not?
+    };
+    if l <= log::max_level() {
+        // TODO(sleffler): is the uart driver ok w/ multiple writers?
+        let output: &mut dyn io::Write = &mut self::Tx {};
+        unsafe {
+            let _ = writeln!(output, "{}", CStr::from_ptr(msg).to_str().unwrap());
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/system/components/ProcessManager/kata-proc-component/src/run.rs b/apps/system/components/ProcessManager/kata-proc-component/src/run.rs
index c45dc88..b72ce24 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/ProcessManager/kata-proc-component/src/run.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/ProcessManager/kata-proc-component/src/run.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ use log::{info, trace};
 pub extern "C" fn pre_init() {
     static KATA_LOGGER: KataLogger = KataLogger;
     log::set_logger(&KATA_LOGGER).unwrap();
-    log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug);
+    // NB: set to max; the LoggerInterface will filter
+    log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Trace);
 
     // TODO(sleffler): temp until we integrate with seL4
     static mut HEAP_MEMORY: [u8; 16 * 1024] = [0; 16 * 1024];
diff --git a/apps/system/interfaces/LoggerInterface.camkes b/apps/system/interfaces/LoggerInterface.camkes
index 3de7032..48ec4d4 100644
--- a/apps/system/interfaces/LoggerInterface.camkes
+++ b/apps/system/interfaces/LoggerInterface.camkes
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 procedure LoggerInterface {
-  void log(in string msg);
+  void log(in u_char level, in string msg);
 };