diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 454bbd3..43627b5 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
   Similar to "gid" but uses the GID of group name <group name> from /etc/group.
   See also "gid" and "user".
   
-log <address> <facility> [max level]
+log <address> <facility> [max level [min level]]
   Adds a global syslog server. Up to two global servers can be defined. They
   will receive logs for startups and exits, as well as all logs from proxies
   configured with "log global".
@@ -438,8 +438,12 @@
           local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7
 
   An optional level can be specified to filter outgoing messages. By default,
-  all messages are sent. If a level is specified, only messages with a severity
-  at least as important as this level will be sent. 8 levels are known :
+  all messages are sent. If a maximum level is specified, only messages with a
+  severity at least as important as this level will be sent. An optional minimum
+  level can be specified. If it is set, logs emitted with a more severe level
+  than this one will be capped to this level. This is used to avoid sending
+  "emerg" messages on all terminals on some default syslog configurations.
+  Eight levels are known :
 
 	  emerg  alert  crit   err    warning notice info  debug
 
@@ -1640,7 +1644,7 @@
 
 
 log global
-log <address> <facility> [<level>]
+log <address> <facility> [<level> [<minlevel>]]
   Enable per-instance logging of events and traffic.
   May be used in sections :   defaults | frontend | listen | backend
                                  yes   |    yes   |   yes  |   yes
@@ -1673,7 +1677,11 @@
     <level>    is optional and can be specified to filter outgoing messages. By
                default, all messages are sent. If a level is specified, only
                messages with a severity at least as important as this level
-               will be sent. 8 levels are known :
+               will be sent. An optional minimum level can be specified. If it
+               is set, logs emitted with a more severe level than this one will
+               be capped to this level. This is used to avoid sending "emerg"
+               messages on all terminals on some default syslog configurations.
+               Eight levels are known :
 
                  emerg  alert  crit   err    warning notice info  debug
 
@@ -1696,7 +1704,8 @@
 
   Example :
     log global
-    log 127.0.0.1:514 local0 notice
+    log 127.0.0.1:514 local0 notice         # only send important events
+    log 127.0.0.1:514 local0 notice notice  # same but limit output level
 
 
 maxconn <conns>
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index d0c22bc..1ba0b11 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 	char *pidfile;
 	int logfac1, logfac2;
 	int loglev1, loglev2;
+	int minlvl1, minlvl2;
 	struct logsrv logsrv1, logsrv2;
 	struct {
 		int maxpollevents; /* max number of poll events at once */
diff --git a/include/types/proxy.h b/include/types/proxy.h
index 3cb60c0..7ef5fc8 100644
--- a/include/types/proxy.h
+++ b/include/types/proxy.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
 	struct logsrv logsrv1, logsrv2;		/* 2 syslog servers */
 	signed char logfac1, logfac2;		/* log facility for both servers. -1 = disabled */
 	int loglev1, loglev2;			/* log level for each server, 7 by default */
+	int minlvl1, minlvl2;			/* minimum log level for each server, 0 by default */
 	int to_log;				/* things to be logged (LW_*) */
 	int stop_time;                          /* date to stop listening, when stopping != 0 (int ticks) */
 	int nb_reqadd, nb_rspadd;
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 3a71df2..e3c8b62 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "log")) {  /* syslog server address */
 		struct logsrv logsrv;
-		int facility, level;
+		int facility, level, minlvl;
 	
 		if (*(args[1]) == 0 || *(args[2]) == 0) {
 			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' expects <address> and <facility> as arguments.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
@@ -575,6 +575,15 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		minlvl = 0; /* limit syslog level to this level (emerg) */
+		if (*(args[4])) {
+			minlvl = get_log_level(args[4]);
+			if (level < 0) {
+				Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : unknown optional minimum log level '%s'\n", file, linenum, args[4]);
+				exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (args[1][0] == '/') {
 			logsrv.u.addr.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
 			logsrv.u.un = *str2sun(args[1]);
@@ -589,11 +598,13 @@
 			global.logsrv1 = logsrv;
 			global.logfac1 = facility;
 			global.loglev1 = level;
+			global.minlvl1 = minlvl;
 		}
 		else if (global.logfac2 == -1) {
 			global.logsrv2 = logsrv;
 			global.logfac2 = facility;
 			global.loglev2 = level;
+			global.minlvl2 = minlvl;
 		}
 		else {
 			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : too many syslog servers\n", file, linenum);
@@ -847,9 +858,11 @@
 		curproxy->logfac1 = defproxy.logfac1;
 		curproxy->logsrv1 = defproxy.logsrv1;
 		curproxy->loglev1 = defproxy.loglev1;
+		curproxy->minlvl1 = defproxy.minlvl1;
 		curproxy->logfac2 = defproxy.logfac2;
 		curproxy->logsrv2 = defproxy.logsrv2;
 		curproxy->loglev2 = defproxy.loglev2;
+		curproxy->minlvl2 = defproxy.minlvl2;
 		curproxy->grace  = defproxy.grace;
 		curproxy->uuid = next_pxid++;   /* generate a uuid for this proxy */
 		curproxy->next_svid = 1;        /* server id 0 is reserved */
@@ -2302,12 +2315,14 @@
 			curproxy->logfac1 = global.logfac1;
 			curproxy->logsrv1 = global.logsrv1;
 			curproxy->loglev1 = global.loglev1;
+			curproxy->minlvl1 = global.minlvl1;
 			curproxy->logfac2 = global.logfac2;
 			curproxy->logsrv2 = global.logsrv2;
 			curproxy->loglev2 = global.loglev2;
+			curproxy->minlvl2 = global.minlvl2;
 		}
 		else if (*(args[1]) && *(args[2])) {
-			int level;
+			int level, minlvl;
 
 			facility = get_log_facility(args[2]);
 			if (facility < 0) {
@@ -2324,6 +2339,15 @@
 				}
 			}
 
+			minlvl = 0; /* limit syslog level to this level (emerg) */
+			if (*(args[4])) {
+				minlvl = get_log_level(args[4]);
+				if (level < 0) {
+					Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : unknown optional minimum log level '%s'\n", file, linenum, args[4]);
+					exit(1);
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (args[1][0] == '/') {
 				logsrv.u.addr.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
 				logsrv.u.un = *str2sun(args[1]);
@@ -2340,11 +2364,13 @@
 				curproxy->logsrv1 = logsrv;
 				curproxy->logfac1 = facility;
 				curproxy->loglev1 = level;
+				curproxy->minlvl1 = minlvl;
 			}
 			else if (curproxy->logfac2 == -1) {
 				curproxy->logsrv2 = logsrv;
 				curproxy->logfac2 = facility;
 				curproxy->loglev2 = level;
+				curproxy->minlvl2 = minlvl;
 			}
 			else {
 				Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : too many syslog servers\n", file, linenum);
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index bc9fd0a..093accb 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 	int fac_level;
 	int hdr_len, data_len;
 	struct logsrv *logsrvs[2];
-	int facilities[2], loglevel[2];
+	int facilities[2], loglevel[2], minlvl[2];
 	int nblogger;
 	int nbloggers = 0;
 	char *log_ptr;
@@ -222,12 +222,14 @@
 			logsrvs[nbloggers] = &global.logsrv1;
 			facilities[nbloggers] = global.logfac1;
 			loglevel[nbloggers] = global.loglev1;
+			minlvl[nbloggers] = global.minlvl1;
 			nbloggers++;
 		}
 		if (global.logfac2 >= 0) {
 			logsrvs[nbloggers] = &global.logsrv2;
 			facilities[nbloggers] = global.logfac2;
 			loglevel[nbloggers] = global.loglev2;
+			minlvl[nbloggers] = global.minlvl2;
 			nbloggers++;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -235,12 +237,14 @@
 			logsrvs[nbloggers] = &p->logsrv1;
 			facilities[nbloggers] = p->logfac1;
 			loglevel[nbloggers] = p->loglev1;
+			minlvl[nbloggers] = p->minlvl1;
 			nbloggers++;
 		}
 		if (p->logfac2 >= 0) {
 			logsrvs[nbloggers] = &p->logsrv2;
 			facilities[nbloggers] = p->logfac2;
 			loglevel[nbloggers] = p->loglev2;
+			minlvl[nbloggers] = p->minlvl2;
 			nbloggers++;
 		}
 	}
@@ -292,7 +296,7 @@
 		 * time, we only change the facility in the pre-computed header,
 		 * and we change the pointer to the header accordingly.
 		 */
-		fac_level = (facilities[nblogger] << 3) + level;
+		fac_level = (facilities[nblogger] << 3) + MAX(level, minlvl[nblogger]);
 		log_ptr = logmsg + 3; /* last digit of the log level */
 		do {
 			*log_ptr = '0' + fac_level % 10;