--- a/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	Wed Jul 05 18:55:08 2017 +0200
+++ 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!