diff --git a/letsencrypt/renewer.py b/letsencrypt/renewer.py
index 8cb5d1c3d..2f36e7e91 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/renewer.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/renewer.py
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ def renew(cert, old_version):
 def _cli_log_handler(args, level, fmt):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     handler = colored_logging.StreamHandler()
     handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt))
+    handler.setLevel(level)
     return handler