diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/log.h b/src/libcamera/include/log.h
index 41f8a756bf0c..74439848c6ca 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/log.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/log.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace libcamera {
 
 enum LogSeverity {
+	LogDebug,
 	LogInfo,
 	LogWarning,
 	LogError,
diff --git a/src/libcamera/log.cpp b/src/libcamera/log.cpp
index 3715e69d810e..44b3a5bbe279 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/log.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/log.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ namespace libcamera {
 /**
  * \enum LogSeverity
  * Log message severity
+ * \var LogDebug
+ * Debug message
  * \var LogInfo
  * Informational message
  * \var LogWarning
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ namespace libcamera {
 static const char *log_severity_name(LogSeverity severity)
 {
 	static const char * const names[] = {
+		" DBG",
 		"INFO",
 		"WARN",
 		" ERR",