diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/alias.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/alias.go
index 71e55dd87357..5da17c244afb 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/alias.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/controllers/alias.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ type KubeadmControlPlaneReconciler struct {
 
 	EtcdDialTimeout time.Duration
 	EtcdCallTimeout time.Duration
+	EtcdLogLevel    zapcore.Level
 
 	// WatchFilterValue is the label value used to filter events prior to reconciliation.
 	WatchFilterValue string
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ func (r *KubeadmControlPlaneReconciler) SetupWithManager(ctx context.Context, mg
 		ClusterCache:                r.ClusterCache,
 		EtcdDialTimeout:             r.EtcdDialTimeout,
 		EtcdCallTimeout:             r.EtcdCallTimeout,
+		EtcdLogLevel:                r.EtcdLogLevel,
 		WatchFilterValue:            r.WatchFilterValue,
 		RemoteConditionsGracePeriod: r.RemoteConditionsGracePeriod,
 	}).SetupWithManager(ctx, mgr, options)
diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/controllers/controller.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/controllers/controller.go
index b8f70b188d22..ad6fe8dcf6be 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/controllers/controller.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/controllers/controller.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/logutil"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	clusterv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/core/v1beta2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controllers/clustercache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controlplane/kubeadm/internal"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/etcd"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/feature"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/internal/contract"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/internal/util/ssa"
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ type KubeadmControlPlaneReconciler struct {
 
 	EtcdDialTimeout time.Duration
 	EtcdCallTimeout time.Duration
+	EtcdLogLevel    zapcore.Level
 
 	// WatchFilterValue is the label value used to filter events prior to reconciliation.
 	WatchFilterValue string
@@ -109,6 +113,12 @@ func (r *KubeadmControlPlaneReconciler) SetupWithManager(ctx context.Context, mg
 	}
 
 	predicateLog := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx).WithValues("controller", "kubeadmcontrolplane")
+	etcdLogger, err := logutil.CreateDefaultZapLogger(r.EtcdLogLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create ETCD client zap logger")
+	}
+	etcd.SetLogger(etcdLogger)
+
 	c, err := ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		For(&controlplanev1.KubeadmControlPlane{}).
 		Owns(&clusterv1.Machine{}, builder.WithPredicates(predicates.ResourceIsChanged(mgr.GetScheme(), predicateLog))).
diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/etcd/etcd.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/etcd/etcd.go
index 5b62d54a55fe..9f60a77526ff 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/internal/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3/etcdserverpb"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/logutil"
 	clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
@@ -141,6 +142,11 @@ var (
 	etcdClientLogger, _ = logutil.CreateDefaultZapLogger(zapcore.InfoLevel)
 )
 
+// SetLogger allows to redefine ETCD client logger.
+func SetLogger(logger *zap.Logger) {
+	etcdClientLogger = logger
+}
+
 // NewClient creates a new etcd client with the given configuration.
 func NewClient(ctx context.Context, config ClientConfiguration) (*Client, error) {
 	dialer, err := proxy.NewDialer(config.Proxy)
diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
index ef70152fb732..80508ec693dc 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ var (
 	skipCRDMigrationPhases         []string
 	etcdDialTimeout                time.Duration
 	etcdCallTimeout                time.Duration
+	etcdLogLevel                   int8
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -190,6 +192,9 @@ func InitFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.DurationVar(&etcdCallTimeout, "etcd-call-timeout-duration", etcd.DefaultCallTimeout,
 		"Duration that the etcd client waits at most for read and write operations to etcd.")
 
+	fs.Int8Var(&etcdLogLevel, "etcd-client-log-level", int8(zapcore.InfoLevel),
+		"Logging level for etcd client.")
+
 	flags.AddManagerOptions(fs, &managerOptions)
 
 	feature.MutableGates.AddFlag(fs)
@@ -425,6 +430,7 @@ func setupReconcilers(ctx context.Context, mgr ctrl.Manager) {
 		WatchFilterValue:            watchFilterValue,
 		EtcdDialTimeout:             etcdDialTimeout,
 		EtcdCallTimeout:             etcdCallTimeout,
+		EtcdLogLevel:                zapcore.Level(etcdLogLevel),
 		RemoteConditionsGracePeriod: remoteConditionsGracePeriod,
 	}).SetupWithManager(ctx, mgr, concurrency(kubeadmControlPlaneConcurrency)); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "KubeadmControlPlane")