diff --git a/README-test-server b/README-test-server
index fa61c108..cd0e7899 100644
--- a/README-test-server
+++ b/README-test-server
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ There are several other possible configure options
 
 --without-daemonize	Don't build daemonize.c / lws_daemonize
 
---disable-debug		Remove all debug logging below lwsl_warn in severity
+--disable-debug		Remove all debug logging below lwsl_notice in severity
 			from the code -- it's not just defeated from logging
 			but removed from compilation
 
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@ libwebsockets-test-client someserver.com
 debug logging
 -------------
 
-By default logging of severity "warn" or "err" is enabled to stderr.
+By default logging of severity "notice", "warn" or "err" is enabled to stderr.
 
 Again by default other logging is comiled in but disabled from printing.
 
-If you want to eliminate the debug logging below warn in severity, use the
+If you want to eliminate the debug logging below notice  in severity, use the
 --disable-debug configure option to have it removed from the code by the
 preprocesser.
 
@@ -414,12 +414,13 @@ available are (OR together the numbers to select multiple)
 
  1   ERR
  2   WARN
- 4   INFO
- 8   DEBUG
- 16  PARSER
- 32  HEADER
- 64  EXTENSION
- 128 CLIENT
+ 4   NOTICE
+ 8   INFO
+ 16  DEBUG
+ 32  PARSER
+ 64  HEADER
+ 128 EXTENSION
+ 256 CLIENT
 
 Also using lws_set_log_level api you may provide a custom callback to actually
 emit the log string.  By default, this points to an internal emit function
diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.c b/lib/libwebsockets.c
index f4d33199..ed0db66f 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.c
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.c
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ int openssl_websocket_private_data_index;
 #endif
 #endif
 
-static int log_level = LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN;
+static int log_level = LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN | LLL_NOTICE;
 static void lwsl_emit_stderr(const char *line);
 static void (*lwsl_emit)(const char *line) = lwsl_emit_stderr;
 static const char *log_level_names[] = {
 	"ERR",
 	"WARN",
+	"NOTICE",
 	"INFO",
 	"DEBUG",
 	"PARSER",
diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.h b/lib/libwebsockets.h
index 0bc5050f..c5654918 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.h
@@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ typedef int ssize_t;
 enum lws_log_levels {
 	LLL_ERR = 1 << 0,
 	LLL_WARN = 1 << 1,
-	LLL_INFO = 1 << 2,
-	LLL_DEBUG = 1 << 3,
-	LLL_PARSER = 1 << 4,
-	LLL_HEADER = 1 << 5,
-	LLL_EXT = 1 << 6,
-	LLL_CLIENT = 1 << 7,
+	LLL_NOTICE = 1 << 2,
+	LLL_INFO = 1 << 3,
+	LLL_DEBUG = 1 << 4,
+	LLL_PARSER = 1 << 5,
+	LLL_HEADER = 1 << 6,
+	LLL_EXT = 1 << 7,
+	LLL_CLIENT = 1 << 8,
 
-	LLL_COUNT = 8 /* set to count of valid flags */
+	LLL_COUNT = 9 /* set to count of valid flags */
 };
 
 enum libwebsocket_context_options {
diff --git a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
index a3047f77..d70bd33b 100644
--- a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
 
 extern void _lws_log(int filter, const char *format, ...);
 
-/* warn and log are always compiled in */
+/* notice, warn and log are always compiled in */
+#define lwsl_notice(...) _lws_log(LLL_NOTICE, __VA_ARGS__)
 #define lwsl_warn(...) _lws_log(LLL_WARN, __VA_ARGS__)
 #define lwsl_err(...) _lws_log(LLL_ERR, __VA_ARGS__)