diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bafa2b8c4..fc78c41c0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Changes in version 0.2.0.32 - 2008-??-??
       list. It has been gone for many months.
     - Stop doing unaligned memory access that generated bus errors on
       sparc64.  Bugfix on 0.2.0.10-alpha.  Fix for bug 862.
+    - Make USR2 log-level switch take effect immediately.  Bugfix on
+      0.1.2.8-beta.
 
   o Minor bugfixes (controller):
     - Make DNS resolved events into "CLOSED", not "FAILED". Bugfix on
diff --git a/src/common/log.c b/src/common/log.c
index 585cea4a0..a2ce9160c 100644
--- a/src/common/log.c
+++ b/src/common/log.c
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ switch_logs_debug(void)
   for (lf = logfiles; lf; lf=lf->next) {
     lf->min_loglevel = LOG_DEBUG;
   }
+  _log_global_min_severity = get_min_log_level();
   UNLOCK_LOGS();
 }