diff --git a/include/bpf_util.h b/include/bpf_util.h
index 1c924f50..8951a5e8 100644
--- a/include/bpf_util.h
+++ b/include/bpf_util.h
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ void bpf_print_ops(struct rtattr *bpf_ops, __u16 len);
 
 int bpf_prog_load_dev(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 		      size_t size_insns, const char *license, __u32 ifindex,
-		      char *log, size_t size_log);
+		      char *log, size_t size_log, bool verbose);
 int bpf_program_load(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 		     size_t size_insns, const char *license, char *log,
-		     size_t size_log);
+		     size_t size_log, bool verbose);
 
 int bpf_prog_attach_fd(int prog_fd, int target_fd, enum bpf_attach_type type);
 int bpf_prog_detach_fd(int target_fd, enum bpf_attach_type type);
diff --git a/ip/ipvrf.c b/ip/ipvrf.c
index 12beaec3..e7c702ab 100644
--- a/ip/ipvrf.c
+++ b/ip/ipvrf.c
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ static int prog_load(int idx)
 	};
 
 	return bpf_program_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK, prog, sizeof(prog),
-				"GPL", bpf_log_buf, sizeof(bpf_log_buf));
+				"GPL", bpf_log_buf, sizeof(bpf_log_buf),
+				false);
 }
 
 static int vrf_configure_cgroup(const char *path, int ifindex)
diff --git a/lib/bpf_legacy.c b/lib/bpf_legacy.c
index 3542b12f..844974e9 100644
--- a/lib/bpf_legacy.c
+++ b/lib/bpf_legacy.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ int bpf_prog_detach_fd(int target_fd, enum bpf_attach_type type)
 
 int bpf_prog_load_dev(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 		      size_t size_insns, const char *license, __u32 ifindex,
-		      char *log, size_t size_log)
+		      char *log, size_t size_log, bool verbose)
 {
 	union bpf_attr attr = {};
 
@@ -1112,6 +1112,8 @@ int bpf_prog_load_dev(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 		attr.log_buf = bpf_ptr_to_u64(log);
 		attr.log_size = size_log;
 		attr.log_level = 1;
+		if (verbose)
+			attr.log_level |= 2;
 	}
 
 	return bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
@@ -1119,9 +1121,9 @@ int bpf_prog_load_dev(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 
 int bpf_program_load(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 		     size_t size_insns, const char *license, char *log,
-		     size_t size_log)
+		     size_t size_log, bool verbose)
 {
-	return bpf_prog_load_dev(type, insns, size_insns, license, 0, log, size_log);
+	return bpf_prog_load_dev(type, insns, size_insns, license, 0, log, size_log, verbose);
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ELF
@@ -1543,7 +1545,7 @@ retry:
 	errno = 0;
 	fd = bpf_prog_load_dev(prog->type, prog->insns, prog->size,
 			       prog->license, ctx->ifindex,
-			       ctx->log, ctx->log_size);
+			       ctx->log, ctx->log_size, ctx->verbose);
 	if (fd < 0 || ctx->verbose) {
 		/* The verifier log is pretty chatty, sometimes so chatty
 		 * on larger programs, that we could fail to dump everything
diff --git a/lib/bpf_libbpf.c b/lib/bpf_libbpf.c
index 4a8a2032..08692d30 100644
--- a/lib/bpf_libbpf.c
+++ b/lib/bpf_libbpf.c
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ static int load_bpf_object(struct bpf_cfg_in *cfg)
 
 #if (LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION > 0) || (LIBBPF_MINOR_VERSION >= 7)
 	open_opts.kernel_log_level = 1;
+	if (cfg->verbose)
+		open_opts.kernel_log_level |= 2;
 #endif
 
 	obj = bpf_object__open_file(cfg->object, &open_opts);