diff -r 69b773a221b9 -r eea249c1ecee common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
--- a/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	Thu May 09 10:03:08 2013 -0700
+++ b/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	Tue May 21 13:18:28 2013 +0200
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 
 MAKE:=@MAKE@
 
-# Pass along the verbosity setting.
+# Pass along the verbosity and log level settings.
 ifeq (,$(findstring VERBOSE=,$(MAKE)))
-    MAKE:=$(MAKE) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)"
+    MAKE:=$(MAKE) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)" LOG_LEVEL="$(LOG_LEVEL)"
 endif
 
 # No implicit variables or rules!