diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index 6a79fe43e22..d20ccf5f2ca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ config BOOTX_TEXT
 
 config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
 	bool "Early debugging (dangerous)"
+	help
+	  Say Y to enable some early debugging facilities that may be available
+	  for your processor/board combination. Those facilities are hacks
+	  intended to debug problems early during boot, this should not be
+	  enabled in a production kernel.
+	  Note that enabling this will also cause the kernel default log level
+	  to be pushed to max automatically very early during boot
 
 choice
 	prompt "Early debugging console"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
index d723070c9a3..eba148f2a31 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ void __init udbg_early_init(void)
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM)
 	udbg_init_cpm();
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
+	console_loglevel = 10;
+#endif
 }
 
 /* udbg library, used by xmon et al */