diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3e5da2f0c..7d6b2d24e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 dependencies = [
  "iceoryx2-pal-concurrency-sync",
  "log",
+ "once_cell",
  "termsize",
  "tracing",
 ]
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md b/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md
index ca3ef937b..fce729b4f 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 * Rename `NodeEvent` into `WaitEvent` [#390](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx2/issues/390)
 * Bazel support for the Rust crates [#349](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx2/issues/349)
 * Remove ACL dependency [#457](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx2/issues/457)
+* Read LogLevel from environment variable [#396](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx2/issues/396)
 
 ### Workflow
 
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/log/BUILD.bazel b/iceoryx2-bb/log/BUILD.bazel
index 3c452b0a4..143e0be33 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/log/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/log/BUILD.bazel
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ rust_library(
     deps = [
         "//iceoryx2-pal/concurrency-sync:iceoryx2-pal-concurrency-sync",
         "@crate_index//:termsize",
+        "@crate_index//:once_cell",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/log/Cargo.toml b/iceoryx2-bb/log/Cargo.toml
index 1e6c88e0f..a937be523 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/log/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ iceoryx2-pal-concurrency-sync = { workspace = true }
 termsize = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+once_cell = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/log/src/lib.rs b/iceoryx2-bb/log/src/lib.rs
index db9e2eef8..ee0021fb7 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/log/src/lib.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use logger::Logger;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use std::env;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "logger_tracing")]
 static DEFAULT_LOGGER: logger::tracing::Logger = logger::tracing::Logger::new();
@@ -159,13 +161,19 @@ static DEFAULT_LOGGER: logger::tracing::Logger = logger::tracing::Logger::new();
 static DEFAULT_LOGGER: logger::log::Logger = logger::log::Logger::new();
 
 #[cfg(not(any(feature = "logger_log", feature = "logger_tracing")))]
-static DEFAULT_LOGGER: logger::console::Logger = logger::console::Logger::new();
+pub static DEFAULT_LOGGER: Lazy<logger::console::Logger> = Lazy::new(logger::console::Logger::new);
 
-const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: u8 = LogLevel::Info as u8;
+const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: LogLevel = LogLevel::Info;
+pub static ENV_LOG_LEVEL: Lazy<LogLevel> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    env::var("IOX2_LOG_LEVEL")
+        .map(|log_level| LogLevel::from_str_fuzzy(&log_level))
+        .unwrap_or(LogLevel::Info)
+});
 
 static mut LOGGER: Option<&'static dyn logger::Logger> = None;
-static LOG_LEVEL: IoxAtomicU8 = IoxAtomicU8::new(DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL);
-static INIT: Once = Once::new();
+static LOG_LEVEL: IoxAtomicU8 = IoxAtomicU8::new(DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL as u8);
+static INIT_LOGGER: Once = Once::new();
+static INIT_LOG_LEVEL: Once = Once::new();
 
 /// Describes the log level.
 #[repr(u8)]
@@ -179,14 +187,38 @@ pub enum LogLevel {
     Fatal = 5,
 }
 
+impl LogLevel {
+    fn from_str_fuzzy(s: &str) -> LogLevel {
+        match s.to_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "trace" => LogLevel::Trace,
+            "tebug" => LogLevel::Debug,
+            "info" => LogLevel::Info,
+            "warn" => LogLevel::Warn,
+            "error" => LogLevel::Error,
+            "fatal" => LogLevel::Fatal,
+            _ => {
+                println!("Error: you are using unknown logging level {:?}", s);
+                println!("Warning: setting log level as : Info");
+                DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Sets the current log level. This is ignored for external frameworks like `log` or `tracing`.
 /// Here you have to use the log-level settings of that framework.
 pub fn set_log_level(v: LogLevel) {
+    INIT_LOG_LEVEL.call_once(|| {
+        LOG_LEVEL.store(*ENV_LOG_LEVEL as u8, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    });
     LOG_LEVEL.store(v as u8, Ordering::Relaxed);
 }
 
 /// Returns the current log level
 pub fn get_log_level() -> u8 {
+    INIT_LOG_LEVEL.call_once(|| {
+        LOG_LEVEL.store(*ENV_LOG_LEVEL as u8, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    });
     LOG_LEVEL.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
 }
 
@@ -194,20 +226,18 @@ pub fn get_log_level() -> u8 {
 /// [`Logger`] is already set it returns false and does not update it.
 pub fn set_logger<T: logger::Logger + 'static>(value: &'static T) -> bool {
     let mut set_logger_success = false;
-    INIT.call_once(|| {
+    INIT_LOGGER.call_once(|| {
         unsafe { LOGGER = Some(value) };
         set_logger_success = true;
     });
-
     set_logger_success
 }
 
 /// Returns a reference to the [`Logger`].
 pub fn get_logger() -> &'static dyn Logger {
-    INIT.call_once(|| {
-        unsafe { LOGGER = Some(&DEFAULT_LOGGER) };
+    INIT_LOGGER.call_once(|| {
+        unsafe { LOGGER = Some(&*DEFAULT_LOGGER) };
     });
-
     unsafe { *LOGGER.as_ref().unwrap() }
 }