--- old/./NewMakefile.gmk	2013-05-15 15:50:01.741929336 +0200
+++ new/./NewMakefile.gmk	2013-05-15 15:50:01.651913800 +0200
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
             grep ^.PHONY: | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2-)))
 
 $(all_phony_targets):
-	@$(foreach spec,$(SPEC),($(MAKE) -f NewMakefile.gmk SPEC=$(spec) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE) $@) &&) true
+	@$(foreach spec,$(SPEC),($(MAKE) -f NewMakefile.gmk SPEC=$(spec) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE) LOG_LEVEL=$(LOG_LEVEL) $@) &&) true
 
     endif
 endif
--- old/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	2013-05-15 15:50:02.152000144 +0200
+++ new/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	2013-05-15 15:50:02.051982878 +0200
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 
 MAKE:=@MAKE@
 
-# Pass along the verbosity setting.
+# Pass along the verbosity and log level settings.
 ifeq (,$(findstring VERBOSE=,$(MAKE)))
-    MAKE:=$(MAKE) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)"
+    MAKE:=$(MAKE) $(VERBOSE) VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)" LOG_LEVEL="$(LOG_LEVEL)"
 endif
 
 # No implicit variables or rules!