diff -pru busybox-1.2.2.1/include/usage.h busybox-1.2.2.1.raf/include/usage.h
--- busybox-1.2.2.1/include/usage.h	2006-07-01 00:42:10.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.2.2.1.raf/include/usage.h	2008-09-05 11:31:13.228428522 +0200
@@ -2866,6 +2866,7 @@ USE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY( \
 	"Linux system and kernel logging utility.\n" \
 	"Note that this version of syslogd ignores /etc/syslog.conf.\n\n" \
 	"Options:\n" \
+	"\t-l NUM\tSets the local log level of messages to n (default=8, range=1-8).\n"\
 	"\t-m MIN\t\tMinutes between MARK lines (default=20, 0=off)\n" \
 	"\t-n\t\tRun as a foreground process\n" \
 	"\t-O FILE\t\tUse an alternate log file (default=/var/log/messages)\n" \
diff -pru busybox-1.2.2.1/sysklogd/syslogd.c busybox-1.2.2.1.raf/sysklogd/syslogd.c
--- busybox-1.2.2.1/sysklogd/syslogd.c	2008-09-05 11:36:16.675308107 +0200
+++ busybox-1.2.2.1.raf/sysklogd/syslogd.c	2008-09-05 11:31:18.516624777 +0200
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 /* Path for the file where all log messages are written */
 #define __LOG_FILE "/var/log/messages"
 
+/* level of messages to be locally logged */
+static int logLevel = 8;
+
 /* Path to the unix socket */
 static char lfile[MAXPATHLEN];
 
@@ -437,6 +440,7 @@ static void logMessage(int pri, char *ms
 
 	if (local_logging == TRUE)
 #endif
+	if (pri == 0 || LOG_PRI(pri) < logLevel)
 	{
 		/* now spew out the message to wherever it is supposed to go */
 		if (small)
@@ -627,7 +631,7 @@ int syslogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *p;
 
 	/* do normal option parsing */
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "m:nO:s:Sb:R:LC::")) > 0) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "m:l:nO:s:Sb:R:LC::")) > 0) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'm':
 			MarkInterval = atoi(optarg) * 60;
@@ -638,6 +642,14 @@ int syslogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'O':
 			logFilePath = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'l':
+			logLevel = atoi(optarg);
+			/* Valid levels are between 1 and 8 */
+			if (logLevel < 1 || logLevel > 8) {
+				bb_show_usage();
+			}
+			break;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
 		case 's':
 			logFileSize = atoi(optarg) * 1024;