diff --git a/lib/winston/transports/console.js b/lib/winston/transports/console.js
index cd9f11127..d6bbd00ec 100644
--- a/lib/winston/transports/console.js
+++ b/lib/winston/transports/console.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Console.prototype.log = function (level, msg, meta, callback) {
     meta:        meta,
     stringify:   this.stringify,
     timestamp:   this.timestamp,
+    showLevel:   this.showLevel,
     prettyPrint: this.prettyPrint,
     raw:         this.raw,
     label:       this.label,
diff --git a/test/transports/console-test.js b/test/transports/console-test.js
index 07f5a6ea6..317ba6001 100644
--- a/test/transports/console-test.js
+++ b/test/transports/console-test.js
@@ -10,13 +10,42 @@ var path = require('path'),
     vows = require('vows'),
     assert = require('assert'),
     winston = require('../../lib/winston'),
-    helpers = require('../helpers');
+    helpers = require('../helpers'),
+    stdMocks = require('std-mocks');
 
 var npmTransport = new (winston.transports.Console)(),
     syslogTransport = new (winston.transports.Console)({ levels: winston.config.syslog.levels });
 
 vows.describe('winston/transports/console').addBatch({
   "An instance of the Console Transport": {
+    "with showLevel on": {
+      topic : function() {
+        npmTransport.showLevel = true;
+        stdMocks.use();
+        npmTransport.log('info', '');
+      },
+      "should have level prepended": function () {
+        stdMocks.restore();
+        var output = stdMocks.flush(),
+            line   = output.stdout[0];
+
+        assert.equal(line, 'info: \n');
+      }
+    },
+    "with showLevel on": {
+      topic : function() {
+        npmTransport.showLevel = false;
+        stdMocks.use();
+        npmTransport.log('info', '');
+      },
+      "should not have level prepended": function () {
+        stdMocks.restore();
+        var output = stdMocks.flush(),
+            line   = output.stdout[0];
+
+        assert.equal(line, '\n');
+      }
+    },
     "with npm levels": {
       "should have the proper methods defined": function () {
         helpers.assertConsole(npmTransport);