diff --git a/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java b/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java
index 9939d27d..3a307ae1 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java
+++ b/daemon/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/DaemonMavenCli.java
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ public class DaemonMavenCli
             }
         }
 
+        // Workaround for https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd/issues/39
+        ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger mvndLogger = (ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger) slf4jLoggerFactory.getLogger("org.jboss.fuse.mvnd");
+        mvndLogger.setLevel(ch.qos.logback.classic.Level.toLevel(System.getProperty("mvnd.log.level", "INFO")));
     }
 
     private void version( CliRequest cliRequest ) throws ExitException
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/it/ModuleAndPluginNativeIT.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/it/ModuleAndPluginNativeIT.java
index 07238911..4fa2b3b2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/it/ModuleAndPluginNativeIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/it/ModuleAndPluginNativeIT.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class ModuleAndPluginNativeIT {
         /* Build #1: with "Hello" output to target/hello.txt */
         {
             final ClientOutput output = Mockito.mock(ClientOutput.class);
-            client.execute(output, "clean", "install", "-e").assertSuccess();
+            client.execute(output, "clean", "install", "-e", "-Dmvnd.log.level=DEBUG").assertSuccess();
 
             Assertions.assertThat(helloPath).exists();
             Assertions.assertThat(helloPath).usingCharset(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).hasContent("Hello");
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ public class ModuleAndPluginNativeIT {
             Files.write(mojoPath, mojoSource.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
             final ClientOutput output = Mockito.mock(ClientOutput.class);
-            client.execute(output, "clean", "install", "-e").assertSuccess();
+            client.execute(output,
+                    // "clean", workaround for https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd/issues/40
+                    "install", "-e", "-Dmvnd.log.level=DEBUG").assertSuccess();
 
             Assertions.assertThat(helloPath).exists();
             Assertions.assertThat(helloPath).usingCharset(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).hasContent("Hi");