diff --git a/apps/freelan/src/main.cpp b/apps/freelan/src/main.cpp
index ee9c992c..fdada81b 100644
--- a/apps/freelan/src/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/freelan/src/main.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ bool parse_options(fscp::logger& logger, int argc, char** argv, cli_configuratio
 	if (configuration.debug)
 	{
 		logger.set_level(fscp::log_level::trace);
+		logger(fscp::log_level::trace) << "Debug output enabled.";
 	}
 
 	setup_configuration(logger, configuration.fl_configuration, vm);
@@ -474,6 +475,8 @@ void run(fscp::logger& logger, const cli_configuration& configuration, int& exit
 
 	fl::core core(io_service, configuration.fl_configuration);
 
+	logger(fscp::log_level::information) << "Setting core logging level to: " << logger.level() << ".";
+
 	core.set_log_level(logger.level());
 	core.set_log_callback(log_func);
 
diff --git a/libs/fscp/include/fscp/logger.hpp b/libs/fscp/include/fscp/logger.hpp
index 11a6ff67..335e462f 100644
--- a/libs/fscp/include/fscp/logger.hpp
+++ b/libs/fscp/include/fscp/logger.hpp
@@ -71,6 +71,35 @@ namespace fscp
 		fatal /**< \brief The fatal log level. */
 	};
 
+	/**
+	 * \brief Output a log level as its string representation.
+	 * \param os The output stream.
+	 * \param lvl The log level.
+	 * \return os.
+	 */
+	inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, log_level lvl)
+	{
+		switch (lvl)
+		{
+			case log_level::trace:
+				return os << "trace";
+			case log_level::debug:
+				return os << "debug";
+			case log_level::information:
+				return os << "information";
+			case log_level::important:
+				return os << "important";
+			case log_level::warning:
+				return os << "warning";
+			case log_level::error:
+				return os << "error";
+			case log_level::fatal:
+				return os << "fatal";
+			default:
+				return os << "<unspecified log level>";
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * \brief A null logger stream.
 	 */