diff --git a/daemon/src/video/libav_utils.cpp b/daemon/src/video/libav_utils.cpp
index 3a924afd640ef850df44f3131f54a6c85fd95958..512199da7692abca29c852947948c8af87fa65b7 100644
--- a/daemon/src/video/libav_utils.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/video/libav_utils.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ void init_once()
 
     av_lockmgr_register(avcodecManageMutex);
 
+    if (Logger::getDebugMode())
+        av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_VERBOSE);
+
     /* list of codecs tested and confirmed to work */
     encoders_["H264"]        = "libx264";
     encoders_["H263-2000"]   = "h263p";