diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index 66f1388619..caf51bf809 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -3083,6 +3083,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+    /* Set error logging priority to debug, so client errors don't
+     * show up as errors in the daemon log */
+    virErrorSetLogPriority(VIR_LOG_DEBUG);
+
     while (1) {
         int optidx = 0;
         int c;
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 33e52e205d..ef33f86268 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ virAuditSend;
 # virterror_internal.h
 virDispatchError;
 virErrorMsg;
+virErrorSetLogPriority;
 virRaiseErrorFull;
 virReportErrorHelper;
 virReportOOMErrorFull;
diff --git a/src/util/virterror.c b/src/util/virterror.c
index 83c4c9dcf0..6e49fa2f20 100644
--- a/src/util/virterror.c
+++ b/src/util/virterror.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ virThreadLocal virLastErr;
 
 virErrorFunc virErrorHandler = NULL;     /* global error handler */
 void *virUserData = NULL;        /* associated data */
+static int virErrorLogPriority = -1;
 
 /*
  * Macro used to format the message as a string in virRaiseError
@@ -64,6 +65,18 @@ void *virUserData = NULL;        /* associated data */
     }}								\
 }
 
+static virLogPriority virErrorLevelPriority(virErrorLevel level) {
+    switch (level) {
+        case VIR_ERR_NONE:
+            return(VIR_LOG_INFO);
+        case VIR_ERR_WARNING:
+            return(VIR_LOG_WARN);
+        case VIR_ERR_ERROR:
+            return(VIR_LOG_ERROR);
+    }
+    return(VIR_LOG_ERROR);
+}
+
 static const char *virErrorDomainName(virErrorDomain domain) {
     const char *dom = "unknown";
     switch (domain) {
@@ -676,6 +689,7 @@ virRaiseErrorFull(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 {
     virErrorPtr to;
     char *str;
+    int priority;
 
     /*
      * All errors are recorded in thread local storage
@@ -703,8 +717,14 @@ virRaiseErrorFull(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     /*
      * Hook up the error or warning to the logging facility
      * XXXX should we include filename as 'category' instead of domain name ?
+     *
+     * When an explicit error log priority is set then use it, otherwise
+     * translate the error level to the log priority. This is used by libvirtd
+     * to log client errors at debug priority.
      */
-    virLogMessage(virErrorDomainName(domain), VIR_LOG_INFO,
+    priority = virErrorLogPriority == -1 ? virErrorLevelPriority(level)
+                                         : virErrorLogPriority;
+    virLogMessage(virErrorDomainName(domain), priority,
                   funcname, linenr, 1, "%s", str);
 
     /*
@@ -1319,3 +1339,9 @@ void virReportOOMErrorFull(int domcode,
                       domcode, VIR_ERR_NO_MEMORY, VIR_ERR_ERROR,
                       virerr, NULL, NULL, -1, -1, virerr, NULL);
 }
+
+void
+virErrorSetLogPriority(int priority)
+{
+    virErrorLogPriority = priority;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/virterror_internal.h b/src/util/virterror_internal.h
index 601a88472f..2dd2b4aff4 100644
--- a/src/util/virterror_internal.h
+++ b/src/util/virterror_internal.h
@@ -89,5 +89,6 @@ void virReportOOMErrorFull(int domcode,
 int virSetError(virErrorPtr newerr);
 void virDispatchError(virConnectPtr conn);
 const char *virStrerror(int theerrno, char *errBuf, size_t errBufLen);
+void virErrorSetLogPriority(int priority);
 
 #endif