diff --git a/common/e2e_config/e2e_config.go b/common/e2e_config/e2e_config.go
index 0a031713..c3871d7e 100644
--- a/common/e2e_config/e2e_config.go
+++ b/common/e2e_config/e2e_config.go
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ type ProductSpec struct {
 	ZfsEnginePluginDriverName         string            `yaml:"zfsEnginePluginDriverName"`
 	ZfsEngineControllerDeploymentName string            `yaml:"zfsEngineControllerDeploymentName"`
 	ZfsEngineLeaseName                string            `yaml:"zfsEngineLeaseName"`
+	MayastorCsiControllerLogLevel     string            `yaml:"mayastorCsiControllerLogLevel" env-default:"debug"`
 }
 
 // E2EConfig is an application configuration structure
diff --git a/configurations/product/mayastor_config.yaml b/configurations/product/mayastor_config.yaml
index 5fc338c2..38ff4e2e 100644
--- a/configurations/product/mayastor_config.yaml
+++ b/configurations/product/mayastor_config.yaml
@@ -141,4 +141,5 @@ product:
     zfsEnginePluginDriverName: "zfs.csi.openebs.io"
     zfsEngineControllerDeploymentName: "openebs-zfs-localpv-controller"
     zfsEngineLeaseName: "external-resizer-zfs-csi-openebs-io"
+    mayastorCsiControllerLogLevel: "trace"