diff --git a/scripts/disk_check.py b/scripts/disk_check.py
index 94959bfa1a06..b13f1335f023 100644
--- a/scripts/disk_check.py
+++ b/scripts/disk_check.py
@@ -33,19 +33,23 @@
 WORK_DIR = "/run/mount/work"
 MOUNTS_FILE = "/proc/mounts"
 
+chk_log_level = syslog.LOG_ERR
+
+def _log_msg(lvl, pfx, msg):
+    if lvl <= chk_log_level:
+        print("{}: {}".format(pfx, msg))
+        syslog.syslog(lvl, msg)
+
 def log_err(m):
-    print("Err: {}".format(m), file=sys.stderr)
-    syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, m)
+    _log_msg(syslog.LOG_ERR, "Err", m)
 
 
 def log_info(m):
-    print("Info: {}".format(m))
-    syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, m)
+    _log_msg(syslog.LOG_INFO, "Info",  m)
 
 
 def log_debug(m):
-    print("debug: {}".format(m))
-    syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, m)
+    _log_msg(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "Debug", m)
 
 
 def test_writable(dirs): 
@@ -135,14 +139,19 @@ def do_check(skip_mount, dirs):
 
 
 def main():
+    global chk_log_level
+
     parser=argparse.ArgumentParser(
             description="check disk for Read-Write and mount etc & home as Read-Write")
     parser.add_argument('-s', "--skip-mount", action='store_true', default=False,
             help="Skip mounting /etc & /home as Read-Write")
     parser.add_argument('-d', "--dirs", default="/etc,/home",
             help="dirs to mount")
+    parser.add_argument('-l', "--loglvl", default=syslog.LOG_ERR, type=int,
+            help="log level")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    chk_log_level = args.loglvl
     ret = do_check(args.skip_mount, args.dirs.split(","))
     return ret
 
diff --git a/tests/disk_check_test.py b/tests/disk_check_test.py
index 40bc55f0f5ad..b5ad7a489c3a 100644
--- a/tests/disk_check_test.py
+++ b/tests/disk_check_test.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 }
 
 err_data = ""
+max_log_lvl = -1
 cmds = []
 current_tc = None
 
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ def mount_file(d):
 
 def report_err_msg(lvl, m):
     global err_data
+    global max_log_lvl
+
+    if lvl > max_log_lvl:
+        max_log_lvl = lvl
+
     if lvl == syslog.LOG_ERR:
         if err_data:
             err_data += "|"
@@ -123,11 +129,16 @@ def setup(self):
     @patch("disk_check.syslog.syslog")
     @patch("disk_check.subprocess.run")
     def test_readonly(self, mock_proc, mock_log):
-        global err_data, cmds
+        global err_data, cmds, max_log_lvl
 
         mock_proc.side_effect = mock_subproc_run
         mock_log.side_effect = report_err_msg
 
+        with patch('sys.argv', ["", "-l", "7", "-d", "/tmp"]):
+            disk_check.main()
+            assert max_log_lvl == syslog.LOG_DEBUG
+            max_log_lvl = -1
+
         for i, tc in test_data.items():
             print("-----------Start tc {}---------".format(i))
             init_tc(tc)
@@ -159,3 +170,7 @@ def test_readonly(self, mock_proc, mock_log):
                 assert err_data == tc["err"]
             assert cmds == tc.get("cmds", [])
             print("-----------End tc {}-----------".format(i))
+
+            
+        assert max_log_lvl == syslog.LOG_ERR
+