diff --git a/django_logging/filters/__init__.py b/django_logging/filters/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/django_logging/filters/level_filter.py b/django_logging/filters/level_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b147322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_logging/filters/level_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import logging
+
+
+class LoggingLevelFilter(logging.Filter):
+    """
+    Filters log records based on their logging level.
+
+    This filter is used to prevent log records from being written to log files
+    intended for lower log levels. For example, if we have separate log
+    files for DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, and ERROR levels, this filter ensures that
+    a log record with level ERROR is only written to the ERROR log file, and not
+    to the DEBUG, INFO or WARNING log files.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, logging_level: int):
+        """
+        Initializes a LoggingLevelFilter instance.
+
+        Args:
+            logging_level: The logging level to filter on (e.g. logging.DEBUG, logging.INFO, etc.).
+
+        Returns:
+            None
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.logging_level = logging_level
+
+    def filter(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
+        """
+        Filters a log record based on its level.
+
+        Args:
+            record: The log record to filter.
+
+        Returns:
+            True if the log record's level matches the specified logging level, False otherwise.
+        """
+        return record.levelno == self.logging_level
diff --git a/django_logging/settings/conf.py b/django_logging/settings/conf.py
index dba4aff..60ff671 100644
--- a/django_logging/settings/conf.py
+++ b/django_logging/settings/conf.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import os
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional
 
+from django_logging.filters.level_filter import LoggingLevelFilter
+
 
 class LogConfig:
     """
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ def set_conf(self) -> None:
                 "filename": log_file,
                 "formatter": "default",
                 "level": level,
+                "filters": [level.lower()]
             }
             for level, log_file in self.log_files.items()
         }
@@ -76,6 +79,14 @@ def set_conf(self) -> None:
             "level": "DEBUG",
         }
 
+        filters = {
+            level.lower(): {
+                "()": LoggingLevelFilter,
+                "logging_level": getattr(logging, level),
+            }
+            for level in self.log_config.log_levels
+        }
+
         loggers = {
             level.lower(): {
                 "level": level,
@@ -88,6 +99,7 @@ def set_conf(self) -> None:
         config = {
             "version": 1,
             "handlers": handlers,
+            "filters": filters,
             "loggers": loggers,
             "root": {"level": "DEBUG", "handlers": list(handlers.keys())},
             "disable_existing_loggers": False,