diff --git a/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/serving.py b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/serving.py
index 5e70c961..608fbf5d 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/serving.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/serving.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 # language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import os,sys
+import subprocess
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
 from retrying import retry
@@ -20,11 +22,49 @@
 
 HANDLER_SERVICE = handler_service.__file__
 
+## added logging function to configure log4j2 loglevel.
+def configure_logging():
+    log_levels = {
+        '0': 'off',
+        '10': 'fatal',
+        '20': 'error',
+        '30': 'warn',
+        '40': 'info',
+        '50': 'debug',
+        '60': 'trace'
+    }
+
+    # Get the directory of the current script
+    current_script_path = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+    
+    # Construct the path to log4j2.xml relative to the script location
+    log4j2_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(current_script_path), 'etc', 'log4j2.xml')
+
+    print(f"Current script path: {current_script_path}")
+    print(f"log4j2.xml path: {log4j2_path}")
+
+    if not os.path.exists(log4j2_path):
+        print(f"Error: {log4j2_path} does not exist", file=sys.stderr)
+        return
+
+    ts_log_level = os.environ.get('TS_LOG_LEVEL')
+
+    if ts_log_level is not None:
+        if ts_log_level in log_levels:
+            try:
+                log_level = log_levels[ts_log_level]
+                subprocess.run(['sed', '-i', f's/info/{log_level}/g', log4j2_path], check=True)
+                print(f"Logging level set to {log_level}")
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                print(f"Error configuring the logging: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            print(f"Invalid TS_LOG_LEVEL value: {ts_log_level}. No changes made to logging configuration.", file=sys.stderr)
+    else:
+        print("TS_LOG_LEVEL not set. Using default logging configuration.")
 
 def _retry_if_error(exception):
     return isinstance(exception, CalledProcessError)
 
-
 @retry(stop_max_delay=1000 * 30,
        retry_on_exception=_retry_if_error)
 def _start_torchserve():
@@ -33,6 +73,9 @@ def _start_torchserve():
     # retry starting mms until it's ready
     torchserve.start_torchserve(handler_service=HANDLER_SERVICE)
 
-
 def main():
+    configure_logging()
     _start_torchserve()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/unit/test_log_config.py b/test/unit/test_log_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..096b7f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_log_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+import os, subprocess
+import sys
+import io
+
+# Add the src directory to the Python path
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'src')))
+
+from sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container.serving import configure_logging
+
+class TestLogConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch('os.path.exists')
+    @patch('os.environ.get')
+    @patch('subprocess.run')
+    def test_valid_log_level(self, mock_run, mock_env_get, mock_exists):
+        mock_exists.return_value = True
+        mock_env_get.return_value = '20'
+        mock_run.return_value = MagicMock(returncode=0)
+        
+        with patch('sys.stdout', new=io.StringIO()) as fake_out:
+            configure_logging()
+            self.assertIn("Logging level set to error", fake_out.getvalue())
+        
+        mock_run.assert_called_once()
+
+    @patch('os.path.exists')
+    @patch('os.environ.get')
+    def test_invalid_log_level(self, mock_env_get, mock_exists):
+        mock_exists.return_value = True
+        mock_env_get.return_value = '70'
+        
+        with patch('sys.stderr', new=io.StringIO()) as fake_err:
+            configure_logging()
+            self.assertIn("Invalid TS_LOG_LEVEL value: 70", fake_err.getvalue())
+
+    @patch('os.path.exists')
+    @patch('os.environ.get')
+    def test_no_log_level_set(self, mock_env_get, mock_exists):
+        mock_exists.return_value = True
+        mock_env_get.return_value = None
+        
+        with patch('sys.stdout', new=io.StringIO()) as fake_out:
+            configure_logging()
+            self.assertIn("TS_LOG_LEVEL not set", fake_out.getvalue())
+
+    @patch('os.path.exists')
+    @patch('os.environ.get')
+    @patch('subprocess.run')
+    def test_subprocess_error(self, mock_run, mock_env_get, mock_exists):
+        mock_exists.return_value = True
+        mock_env_get.return_value = '20'
+        mock_run.side_effect = subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, 'sed')
+        
+        with patch('sys.stderr', new=io.StringIO()) as fake_err:
+            configure_logging()
+            self.assertIn("Error configuring the logging", fake_err.getvalue())
+
+    @patch('os.path.exists')
+    def test_log4j2_file_not_found(self, mock_exists):
+        mock_exists.return_value = False
+        
+        with patch('sys.stderr', new=io.StringIO()) as fake_err:
+            configure_logging()
+            self.assertIn("does not exist", fake_err.getvalue())
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()