diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
index 98767d3280..ca7154cfde 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
@@ -2441,6 +2441,12 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(sofia_function)
 		func = cmd_status;
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "xmlstatus")) {
 		func = cmd_xml_status;
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "tracelevel")) {
+		if (argv[1]) {
+			mod_sofia_globals.tracelevel = switch_log_str2level(argv[1]);
+		}
+		stream->write_function(stream, "+OK tracelevel is %s", switch_log_level2str(mod_sofia_globals.tracelevel));
+        goto done;
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "loglevel")) {
 		if (argc > 2 && argv[2] && switch_is_number(argv[2])) {
 			int level = atoi(argv[2]);
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
index 65a604913e..a27b26f5ee 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ struct mod_sofia_globals {
 	int debug_presence;
 	int auto_restart;
 	int auto_nat;
+	int tracelevel;
 };
 extern struct mod_sofia_globals mod_sofia_globals;
 
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index fb781c756c..08e2d5b221 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -1003,9 +1003,9 @@ void launch_sofia_profile_thread(sofia_profile_t *profile)
 static void logger(void *logarg, char const *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 	if (fmt && ap) {
-		switch_log_vprintf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG_CLEAN, SWITCH_LOG_CONSOLE, fmt, ap);
+		switch_log_vprintf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG_CLEAN, mod_sofia_globals.tracelevel, fmt, ap);
 	} else if (fmt && !ap) {
-		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG_CLEAN, SWITCH_LOG_CONSOLE, "%s", fmt);
+		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG_CLEAN, mod_sofia_globals.tracelevel, "%s", fmt);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1521,6 +1521,8 @@ switch_status_t reconfig_sofia(sofia_profile_t *profile)
 					char *val = (char *) switch_xml_attr_soft(param, "value");
 					if (!strcasecmp(var, "debug")) {
 						profile->debug = atoi(val);
+					} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "tracelevel")) {
+						mod_sofia_globals.tracelevel = switch_log_str2level(val);
 					} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "sip-trace")) {
 						if (switch_true(val)) {
 							sofia_set_flag(profile, TFLAG_TPORT_LOG);
diff --git a/src/switch_log.c b/src/switch_log.c
index ca686ddd11..f444f26c3f 100644
--- a/src/switch_log.c
+++ b/src/switch_log.c
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_log_level_t) switch_log_str2level(const char *str)
 	int x = 0;
 	switch_log_level_t level = SWITCH_LOG_INVALID;
 
+	if (switch_is_number(str)) {
+		x = atoi(str);
+
+		if (x > SWITCH_LOG_INVALID) {
+			return SWITCH_LOG_INVALID -1;
+		} else if (x < 0) {
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			return x;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	for (x = 0;; x++) {
 		if (!LEVELS[x]) {
 			break;
diff --git a/src/switch_utils.c b/src/switch_utils.c
index 4d1532df1d..31b182ebde 100644
--- a/src/switch_utils.c
+++ b/src/switch_utils.c
@@ -690,6 +690,10 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_bool_t) switch_is_number(const char *str)
 	const char *p;
 	switch_bool_t r = SWITCH_TRUE;
 
+	if (*str == '-' || *str == '+') {
+		str++;
+	}
+
 	for (p = str; p && *p; p++) {
 		if (!(*p == '.' || (*p > 47 && *p < 58))) {
 			r = SWITCH_FALSE;