diff --git a/DOCUMENTATION.md b/DOCUMENTATION.md
index b929b442e..382e1e031 100644
--- a/DOCUMENTATION.md
+++ b/DOCUMENTATION.md
@@ -910,6 +910,12 @@ Log bad PUT request content (for further diagnostics)
 
 Default: `False'
 
+##### backtrace_on_debug
+
+Log backtrace on level=debug
+
+Default: `True'
+
 #### headers
 
 In this section additional HTTP headers that are sent to clients can be
diff --git a/config b/config
index f195d2609..4a2e2f29c 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@
 # Log bad PUT request content
 #bad_put_request_content = False
 
+# Log backtrace on level=debug
+# backtrace_on_debug = True
+
 
 [headers]
 
diff --git a/radicale/__init__.py b/radicale/__init__.py
index 4df3e989c..2ce5d4b72 100644
--- a/radicale/__init__.py
+++ b/radicale/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _get_application_instance(config_path: str, wsgi_errors: types.ErrorStream
                 configuration = config.load(config.parse_compound_paths(
                     config.DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
                     config_path))
-                log.set_level(cast(str, configuration.get("logging", "level")))
+                log.set_level(cast(str, configuration.get("logging", "level")), configuration.get("logging", "backtrace_on_debug"))
                 # Log configuration after logger is configured
                 default_config_active = True
                 for source, miss in configuration.sources():
diff --git a/radicale/__main__.py b/radicale/__main__.py
index e71663b4b..f2f157b9f 100644
--- a/radicale/__main__.py
+++ b/radicale/__main__.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def exit_signal_handler(signal_number: int,
     # Preliminary configure logging
     with contextlib.suppress(ValueError):
         log.set_level(config.DEFAULT_CONFIG_SCHEMA["logging"]["level"]["type"](
-            vars(args_ns).get("c:logging:level", "")))
+            vars(args_ns).get("c:logging:level", "")), True)
 
     # Update Radicale configuration according to arguments
     arguments_config: types.MUTABLE_CONFIG = {}
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def exit_signal_handler(signal_number: int,
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # Configure logging
-    log.set_level(cast(str, configuration.get("logging", "level")))
+    log.set_level(cast(str, configuration.get("logging", "level")), configuration.get("logging", "backtrace_on_debug"))
 
     # Log configuration after logger is configured
     default_config_active = True
diff --git a/radicale/config.py b/radicale/config.py
index 6961c4601..27352bdc0 100644
--- a/radicale/config.py
+++ b/radicale/config.py
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ def _convert_to_bool(value: Any) -> bool:
             "value": "False",
             "help": "log bad PUT request content",
             "type": bool}),
+        ("backtrace_on_debug", {
+            "value": "True",
+            "help": "log backtrace on level=debug",
+            "type": bool}),
         ("mask_passwords", {
             "value": "True",
             "help": "mask passwords in logs",
diff --git a/radicale/log.py b/radicale/log.py
index 8d54a1b0a..59473644c 100644
--- a/radicale/log.py
+++ b/radicale/log.py
@@ -215,17 +215,23 @@ def setup() -> None:
     register_stream = handler.register_stream
     log_record_factory = IdentLogRecordFactory(logging.getLogRecordFactory())
     logging.setLogRecordFactory(log_record_factory)
-    set_level(logging.WARNING)
+    set_level(logging.INFO, True)
     if format_name != sane_format_name:
         logger.error("Invalid RADICALE_LOG_FORMAT: %r", format_name)
 
 
-def set_level(level: Union[int, str]) -> None:
+def set_level(level: Union[int, str], backtrace_on_debug: bool) -> None:
     """Set logging level for global logger."""
     if isinstance(level, str):
         level = getattr(logging, level.upper())
         assert isinstance(level, int)
     logger.setLevel(level)
-    logger.removeFilter(REMOVE_TRACEBACK_FILTER)
     if level > logging.DEBUG:
+        logger.info("Logging of backtrace is disabled in this loglevel")
         logger.addFilter(REMOVE_TRACEBACK_FILTER)
+    else:
+        if not backtrace_on_debug:
+            logger.debug("Logging of backtrace is disabled by option in this loglevel")
+            logger.addFilter(REMOVE_TRACEBACK_FILTER)
+        else:
+            logger.removeFilter(REMOVE_TRACEBACK_FILTER)