3 files changed, 51 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs
index cbc7d2078c..80031cb7ef 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/GrpcEnvironment.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
         static readonly HashSet<Channel> registeredChannels = new HashSet<Channel>();
         static readonly HashSet<Server> registeredServers = new HashSet<Server>();
 
-        static ILogger logger = new NullLogger();
+        static ILogger logger = new LogLevelFilterLogger(new ConsoleLogger(), LogLevel.Off, true);
 
         readonly GrpcThreadPool threadPool;
         readonly DebugStats debugStats = new DebugStats();
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevel.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevel.cs
index 7718e3c2ab..4db0e47b97 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevel.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevel.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Logging
         /// <summary>
         /// Error severity.
         /// </summary>
-        Error
+        Error,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Logging is off.
+        /// </summary>
+        Off = int.MaxValue
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevelFilterLogger.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevelFilterLogger.cs
index b611c191a5..a9c78a4a7a 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevelFilterLogger.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Logging/LogLevelFilterLogger.cs
@@ -27,16 +27,31 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Logging
     /// <summary>Logger that filters out messages below certain log level.</summary>
     public class LogLevelFilterLogger : ILogger
     {
+        // Verbosity environment variable used by C core.
+        private const string CoreVerbosityEnvVarName = "GRPC_VERBOSITY";
         readonly ILogger innerLogger;
         readonly LogLevel logLevel;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates and instance of <c>LogLevelFilter.</c>
         /// </summary>
-        public LogLevelFilterLogger(ILogger logger, LogLevel logLevel)
+        public LogLevelFilterLogger(ILogger logger, LogLevel logLevel) : this(logger, logLevel, false)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates and instance of <c>LogLevelFilter.</c>
+        /// The <c>fromEnvironmentVariable</c> parameter allows looking up "GRPC_VERBOSITY" setting provided by C-core
+        /// and uses the same log level for C# logs. Using this setting is recommended as it makes the otherwise separate
+        /// C# and C-core logging settings work in lockstep and more intutively.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="logger">the logger to forward filtered logs to.</param>
+        /// <param name="defaultLogLevel">the default log level, unless overriden by env variable.</param>
+        /// <param name="fromEnvironmentVariable">if <c>true</c>, override log level with setting from environment variable.</param>
+        public LogLevelFilterLogger(ILogger logger, LogLevel defaultLogLevel, bool fromEnvironmentVariable)
         {
             this.innerLogger = GrpcPreconditions.CheckNotNull(logger);
-            this.logLevel = logLevel;
+            this.logLevel = GetLogLevelFromEnvironment(defaultLogLevel, fromEnvironmentVariable);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -141,5 +156,33 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Logging
                 innerLogger.Error(exception, message);
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>Get log level based on a default and lookup of <c>GRPC_VERBOSITY</c> environment variable.</summary>
+        private static LogLevel GetLogLevelFromEnvironment(LogLevel defaultLogLevel, bool fromEnvironmentVariable)
+        {
+            if (!fromEnvironmentVariable)
+            {
+                return defaultLogLevel;
+            }
+
+            var verbosityString = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(CoreVerbosityEnvVarName);
+            if (verbosityString == null)
+            {
+                return defaultLogLevel;
+            }
+
+            // NOTE: C core doesn't have "WARNING" log level
+            switch (verbosityString.ToUpperInvariant())
+            {
+                case "DEBUG":
+                    return LogLevel.Debug;
+                case "INFO":
+                    return LogLevel.Info;
+                case "ERROR":
+                    return LogLevel.Error;
+                default:
+                    return defaultLogLevel;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }