diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf
index 6d219422b3..afbd79f9ac 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ http {
 
     ## Logging
     access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
-    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log notice;
 
     ## Gzip settings
     gzip  on;