diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/BUILD.bazel b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/BUILD.bazel
index 0dd525c9ec8bb..8bb78571dfa4d 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/BUILD.bazel
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ java_export(
         "//java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/json",
         "//java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote",
         "//java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http",
+        artifact("com.google.guava:guava"),
     ],
 )
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriver.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriver.java
index 80ac9637162fc..c8f2e71473792 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriver.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriver.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public ChromeDriver(Capabilities capabilities) {
    * @see #ChromeDriver(ChromeDriverService, ChromeOptions)
    */
   public ChromeDriver(ChromeOptions options) {
-    this(ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService(), options);
+    this(ChromeDriverService.createServiceWithConfig(options), options);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverLogLevel.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverLogLevel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d817fdbfc2725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverLogLevel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.openqa.selenium.chrome;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+
+/**
+ * <a href="https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/master:chrome/test/chromedriver/logging.cc">
+ *   Log levels</a> defined by ChromeDriver
+ */
+public enum ChromeDriverLogLevel {
+  ALL,
+  INFO,
+  DEBUG,
+  WARNING,
+  SEVERE,
+  OFF;
+
+  private static final Map<Level, ChromeDriverLogLevel> logLevelToChromeLevelMap
+    = new ImmutableMap.Builder<Level, ChromeDriverLogLevel>()
+    .put(Level.ALL, ALL)
+    .put(Level.FINEST, DEBUG)
+    .put(Level.FINER, DEBUG)
+    .put(Level.FINE, DEBUG)
+    .put(Level.INFO, INFO)
+    .put(Level.WARNING, WARNING)
+    .put(Level.SEVERE, SEVERE)
+    .put(Level.OFF, OFF)
+    .build();
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return super.toString().toLowerCase();
+  }
+
+  public static ChromeDriverLogLevel fromString(String text) {
+    if (text != null) {
+      for (ChromeDriverLogLevel b : ChromeDriverLogLevel.values()) {
+        if (text.equalsIgnoreCase(b.toString())) {
+          return b;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  public static ChromeDriverLogLevel fromLevel(Level level) {
+    return logLevelToChromeLevelMap.getOrDefault(level, ALL);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java
index 6d4ddd30a23d3..f927bd310cc19 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java
@@ -20,18 +20,16 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList;
 
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
-
-import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
-import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.BrowserType;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.BrowserType;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService;
 
 /**
  * Manages the life and death of a ChromeDriver server.
@@ -121,6 +119,20 @@ public static ChromeDriverService createDefaultService() {
     return new Builder().build();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures and returns a new {@link ChromeDriverService} using the supplied configuration. In
+   * this configuration, the service will use the chromedriver executable identified by the
+   * {@link #CHROME_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY} system property. Each service created by this method will
+   * be configured to use a free port on the current system.
+   *
+   * @return A new ChromeDriverService using the supplied configuration from {@link ChromeOptions}.
+   */
+  public static ChromeDriverService createServiceWithConfig(ChromeOptions options) {
+    return new Builder()
+      .withLogLevel(options.getLogLevel())
+      .build();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Builder used to configure new {@link ChromeDriverService} instances.
    */
@@ -132,6 +144,7 @@ public static class Builder extends DriverService.Builder<
     private boolean verbose = Boolean.getBoolean(CHROME_DRIVER_VERBOSE_LOG_PROPERTY);
     private boolean silent = Boolean.getBoolean(CHROME_DRIVER_SILENT_OUTPUT_PROPERTY);
     private String whitelistedIps = System.getProperty(CHROME_DRIVER_WHITELISTED_IPS_PROPERTY);
+    private ChromeDriverLogLevel logLevel = null;
 
     @Override
     public int score(Capabilities capabilities) {
@@ -170,6 +183,17 @@ public Builder withVerbose(boolean verbose) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configures the driver server verbosity.
+     *
+     * @param logLevel {@link ChromeDriverLogLevel} for desired log level output.
+     * @return A self reference.
+     */
+    public Builder withLogLevel(ChromeDriverLogLevel logLevel) {
+      this.logLevel = logLevel;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Configures the driver server for silent output.
      *
@@ -210,6 +234,14 @@ protected List<String> createArgs() {
         }
       }
 
+      if (logLevel != null) {
+        withLogLevel(logLevel);
+        withVerbose(false);
+      }
+      if (verbose) {
+        withLogLevel(ChromeDriverLogLevel.ALL);
+      }
+
       List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
 
       args.add(String.format("--port=%d", getPort()));
@@ -219,8 +251,8 @@ protected List<String> createArgs() {
       if (appendLog) {
         args.add("--append-log");
       }
-      if (verbose) {
-        args.add("--verbose");
+      if (logLevel != null) {
+        args.add(String.format("--log-level=%s", logLevel.toString().toUpperCase()));
       }
       if (silent) {
         args.add("--silent");
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptions.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptions.java
index 6a132a3bf0e0d..9ca405c1ea326 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptions.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptions.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.openqa.selenium.chrome;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.chromium.ChromiumOptions;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.BrowserType;
@@ -49,9 +50,20 @@ public class ChromeOptions extends ChromiumOptions<ChromeOptions> {
    * object.
    */
   public static final String CAPABILITY = "goog:chromeOptions";
+  private ChromeDriverLogLevel logLevel;
 
   public ChromeOptions() {
+
     super(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, BrowserType.CHROME, CAPABILITY);
   }
 
+  public ChromeOptions setLogLevel(ChromeDriverLogLevel logLevel){
+    this.logLevel = Objects.requireNonNull(logLevel, "Log level must be set");
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public ChromeDriverLogLevel getLogLevel(){
+    return logLevel;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsTest.java b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsTest.java
index efa014c4b75f7..c162356021171 100644
--- a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsTest.java
+++ b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsTest.java
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 package org.openqa.selenium.chrome;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverLogLevel.OFF;
+import static org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverLogLevel.SEVERE;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class ChromeOptionsTest {
 
@@ -45,5 +47,11 @@ public void optionsAsMapShouldBeImmutable() {
         .isThrownBy(() -> args.add("-help"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void canBuildLogLevelFromStringRepresentation() {
+    assertThat(ChromeDriverLogLevel.fromString("off")).isEqualTo(OFF);
+    assertThat(ChromeDriverLogLevel.fromString("SEVERE")).isEqualTo(SEVERE);
+  }
+
 
 }
diff --git a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/drivers/TestChromeDriver.java b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/drivers/TestChromeDriver.java
index 0722d58357b3a..94f611ec396c3 100644
--- a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/drivers/TestChromeDriver.java
+++ b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/drivers/TestChromeDriver.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverLogLevel;
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService;
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand;
@@ -48,10 +49,11 @@ private static ChromeDriverService getService() {
     try {
       Path logFile = Files.createTempFile("chromedriver", ".log");
       ChromeDriverService service = new ChromeDriverService.Builder()
-          .withVerbose(true)
+          .withLogLevel(ChromeDriverLogLevel.ALL)
           .withLogFile(logFile.toFile())
           .build();
       LOG.info("chromedriver will log to " + logFile);
+      LOG.info("chromedriver will use log level " + ChromeDriverLogLevel.ALL.toString().toUpperCase());
       service.start();
       // Fugly.
       Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(service::stop));