diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
index 2448197e1..24254a2d2 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ FFmpegSourceAudioProvider::FFmpegSourceAudioProvider(wxString filename) {
 
 	AudioSource = NULL;
 
+	SetLogLevel();
+
 	try {
 		LoadAudio(filename);
 	} catch (...) {
diff --git a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp
index 224287c6e..923ea5a2d 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ FFIndex *FFmpegSourceProvider::DoIndexing(FFIndexer *Indexer, const wxString &Ca
 	return Index;
 }
 
+
 ///////////
 // Find all tracks of the given typo and return their track numbers and respective codec names
 std::map<int,wxString> FFmpegSourceProvider::GetTracksOfType(FFIndexer *Indexer, FFMS_TrackType Type) {
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ std::map<int,wxString> FFmpegSourceProvider::GetTracksOfType(FFIndexer *Indexer,
 	return TrackList;
 }
 
+
 ///////////
 // Ask user for which track he wants to load
 int FFmpegSourceProvider::AskForTrackSelection(const std::map<int,wxString> &TrackList, FFMS_TrackType Type) {
@@ -147,6 +149,31 @@ int FFmpegSourceProvider::AskForTrackSelection(const std::map<int,wxString> &Tra
 		return TrackNumbers[Choice];
 }
 
+
+///////////
+// Set ffms2 log level according to setting in config.dat
+void FFmpegSourceProvider::SetLogLevel() {
+	wxString LogLevel = Options.AsText(_T("FFmpegSource log level"));
+
+	if (!LogLevel.CmpNoCase(_T("panic")))
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_PANIC);
+	else if (!LogLevel.CmpNoCase(_T("fatal")))
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_FATAL);
+	else if (!LogLevel.CmpNoCase(_T("error")))
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_ERROR);
+	else if (!LogLevel.CmpNoCase(_T("warning")))
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_WARNING);
+	else if (!LogLevel.CmpNoCase(_T("info")))
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_INFO);
+	else if (!LogLevel.CmpNoCase(_T("verbose")))
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_VERBOSE);
+	else if (!LogLevel.CmpNoCase(_T("debug")))
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_DEBUG);
+	else
+		FFMS_SetLogLevel(FFMS_LOG_QUIET);
+}
+
+
 /////////////////////
 // Creates a name for the ffmpegsource2 index and prepares the folder if it doesn't exist
 // method by amz
diff --git a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h
index e2a1f2e4d..43977d9ee 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/ffmpegsource_common.h
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@
 class FFmpegSourceProvider {
 	friend class FFmpegSourceCacheCleaner;
 public:
+	// constants stolen from avutil/log.h
+	// hope the ffmpeg devs don't change them around too much
+	enum FFMS_LogLevel {
+		FFMS_LOG_QUIET		= -8,
+		FFMS_LOG_PANIC		= 0,
+		FFMS_LOG_FATAL		= 8,
+		FFMS_LOG_ERROR		= 16,
+		FFMS_LOG_WARNING	= 24,
+		FFMS_LOG_INFO		= 32,
+		FFMS_LOG_VERBOSE	= 40,
+		FFMS_LOG_DEBUG		= 48,
+	};
+
 	struct IndexingProgressDialog {
 		volatile bool IndexingCanceled;
 		DialogProgress *ProgressDialog;
@@ -66,6 +79,7 @@ public:
 	std::map<int,wxString> GetTracksOfType(FFIndexer *Indexer, FFMS_TrackType Type);
 	int AskForTrackSelection(const std::map<int,wxString>& TrackList, FFMS_TrackType Type);
 	wxString GetCacheFilename(const wxString& filename);
+	void SetLogLevel();
 
 	virtual ~FFmpegSourceProvider() {}
 };
diff --git a/aegisub/src/options.cpp b/aegisub/src/options.cpp
index c60373fef..395c70633 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/options.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/options.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ void OptionsManager::LoadDefaults(bool onlyDefaults,bool doOverride) {
 	SetInt(_T("FFmpegSource max cache size"),42);
 	SetInt(_T("FFmpegSource max cache files"),20);
 	SetInt(_T("FFmpegSource always index all tracks"), true);
+	SetText(_T("FFmpegSource log level"), _T("quiet"));
 
 	// Audio Options
 	SetModificationType(MOD_AUTOMATIC);
diff --git a/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp b/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
index 0bc9fbea5..db8c0448e 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/video_provider_ffmpegsource.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ FFmpegSourceVideoProvider::FFmpegSourceVideoProvider(wxString filename) {
 	MsgSize = sizeof(FFMSErrMsg);
 	ErrorMsg = _T("FFmpegSource video provider: ");
 
+	SetLogLevel();
+
 	// and here we go
 	try {
 		LoadVideo(filename);