diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
index 528d922a2..7181f8b00 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ system_config() {
 	config_get hostname "$cfg" hostname
 	echo "${hostname:-OpenWrt}" > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
 
+	config_get conloglevel "$cfg" conloglevel
+	[ -n "$conloglevel" ] && dmesg -n "$conloglevel"
+
 	config_get log_ip "$cfg" log_ip 
 	syslogd -C16 ${log_ip:+-L -R $log_ip}
 	klogd