diff --git a/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go b/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go
index 4a457494..d1a4009a 100644
--- a/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/softwarefactory_types.go
@@ -181,17 +181,23 @@ type NodepoolLauncherSpec struct {
 	LogLevel LogLevel `json:"logLevel,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type NodepoolBuilderSpec struct {
+	// Storage related settings
+	Storage StorageSpec `json:"storage,omitempty"`
+	// Specify the Log Level of the nodepool launcher process.
+	// Valid values are:
+	// - "INFO" (default)
+	// - "WARN"
+	// - "DEBUG"
+	LogLevel LogLevel `json:"logLevel,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type NodepoolSpec struct {
 	Launcher NodepoolLauncherSpec `json:"launcher,omitempty"`
 	// Nodepool-builder related settings
 	Builder NodepoolBuilderSpec `json:"builder,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type NodepoolBuilderSpec struct {
-	// Storage related settings
-	Storage StorageSpec `json:"storage"`
-}
-
 type ZookeeperSpec struct {
 	Storage StorageSpec `json:"storage"`
 }
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml b/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml
index c3e3baba..834fe4b8 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/sf.softwarefactory-project.io_softwarefactories.yaml
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ spec:
                   builder:
                     description: Nodepool-builder related settings
                     properties:
+                      logLevel:
+                        description: 'Specify the Log Level of the nodepool launcher
+                          process. Valid values are: - "INFO" (default) - "WARN" -
+                          "DEBUG"'
+                        enum:
+                        - INFO
+                        - WARN
+                        - DEBUG
+                        type: string
                       storage:
                         description: Storage related settings
                         properties:
@@ -240,8 +249,6 @@ spec:
                         required:
                         - size
                         type: object
-                    required:
-                    - storage
                     type: object
                   launcher:
                     properties:
diff --git a/controllers/nodepool.go b/controllers/nodepool.go
index 4b0d294d..6beff9f0 100644
--- a/controllers/nodepool.go
+++ b/controllers/nodepool.go
@@ -79,12 +79,31 @@ func (r *SFController) getNodepoolConfigEnvs() []apiv1.EnvVar {
 	}
 }
 
+func mkLoggingTemplate(logLevel v1.LogLevel) (string, error) {
+	// Unfortunatly I'm unable to leverage default value set at API validation
+	selectedLogLevel := v1.InfoLogLevel
+	if logLevel != "" {
+		selectedLogLevel = logLevel
+	}
+
+	loggingConfig, err := utils.ParseString(
+		loggingConfigTemplate, struct{ LogLevel string }{LogLevel: string(selectedLogLevel)})
+
+	return loggingConfig, err
+}
+
 func (r *SFController) DeployNodepoolBuilder() bool {
 
 	r.EnsureSSHKeySecret("nodepool-builder-ssh-key")
 
 	r.setNodepoolTooling()
 
+	loggingConfig, _ := mkLoggingTemplate(r.cr.Spec.Nodepool.Builder.LogLevel)
+
+	builderExtraConfigData := make(map[string]string)
+	builderExtraConfigData["logging.yaml"] = loggingConfig
+	r.EnsureConfigMap("nodepool-builder-extra-config", builderExtraConfigData)
+
 	var mod int32 = 256 // decimal for 0400 octal
 	volumes := []apiv1.Volume{
 		base.MkVolumeSecret("zookeeper-client-tls"),
@@ -101,6 +120,8 @@ func (r *SFController) DeployNodepoolBuilder() bool {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		base.MkVolumeCM("nodepool-builder-extra-config-vol",
+			"nodepool-builder-extra-config-config-map"),
 	}
 
 	volumeMount := []apiv1.VolumeMount{
@@ -142,13 +163,19 @@ func (r *SFController) DeployNodepoolBuilder() bool {
 			MountPath: "/var/lib/nodepool/.ssh/config",
 			ReadOnly:  true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:      "nodepool-builder-extra-config-vol",
+			SubPath:   "logging.yaml",
+			MountPath: "/etc/nodepool-logging/logging.yaml",
+		},
 	}
 
 	annotations := map[string]string{
-		"nodepool.yaml":  utils.Checksum([]byte(generateConfigScript)),
-		"dib-ansible.py": utils.Checksum([]byte(dibAnsibleWrapper)),
-		"ssh_config":     utils.Checksum([]byte(builderSSHConfig)),
-		"serial":         "7",
+		"nodepool.yaml":         utils.Checksum([]byte(generateConfigScript)),
+		"nodepool-logging.yaml": utils.Checksum([]byte(loggingConfig)),
+		"dib-ansible.py":        utils.Checksum([]byte(dibAnsibleWrapper)),
+		"ssh_config":            utils.Checksum([]byte(builderSSHConfig)),
+		"serial":                "7",
 	}
 
 	initContainer := base.MkContainer("nodepool-builder-init", BusyboxImage)
@@ -178,6 +205,8 @@ func (r *SFController) DeployNodepoolBuilder() bool {
 	nb.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta.Annotations = annotations
 	nb.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers = []apiv1.Container{initContainer}
 	nb.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes = volumes
+	nb.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"/usr/local/bin/dumb-init", "--",
+		"/usr/local/bin/nodepool-builder", "-f", "-l", "/etc/nodepool-logging/logging.yaml"}
 	nb.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts = volumeMount
 	nb.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env = append(r.getNodepoolConfigEnvs(),
 		base.MkEnvVar("HOME", "/var/lib/nodepool"))
@@ -206,14 +235,7 @@ func (r *SFController) DeployNodepoolLauncher() bool {
 
 	r.setNodepoolTooling()
 
-	// Unfortunatly I'm unable to leverage default value set at API validation
-	logLevel := v1.InfoLogLevel
-	if r.cr.Spec.Nodepool.Launcher.LogLevel != "" {
-		logLevel = r.cr.Spec.Nodepool.Launcher.LogLevel
-	}
-
-	loggingConfig, _ := utils.ParseString(
-		loggingConfigTemplate, struct{ LogLevel string }{LogLevel: string(logLevel)})
+	loggingConfig, _ := mkLoggingTemplate(r.cr.Spec.Nodepool.Launcher.LogLevel)
 
 	launcherExtraConfigData := make(map[string]string)
 	launcherExtraConfigData["logging.yaml"] = loggingConfig
diff --git a/controllers/static/nodepool/logging.yaml.tmpl b/controllers/static/nodepool/logging.yaml.tmpl
index 3645650b..68282b90 100644
--- a/controllers/static/nodepool/logging.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/static/nodepool/logging.yaml.tmpl
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 version: 1
 formatters:
-  normal:
-    class: 'nodepool.logconfig.MultiLineFormatter'
-    format: "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s"
   console:
     class: 'nodepool.logconfig.MultiLineFormatter'
     format: "%(asctime)s %(levelname)7s %(name)s: %(message)s"