diff --git a/docker/docker.go b/docker/docker.go
index c6caafd83e..fd40f4b422 100644
--- a/docker/docker.go
+++ b/docker/docker.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	if *flDebug {
 		os.Setenv("DEBUG", "1")
+		setLogLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 	}
 
 	if len(flHosts) == 0 {
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
index b2eb46bd07..65e1fed364 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestDaemonFlagD(c *check.C) {
 		c.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	content, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(s.d.logFile.Name())
-	if strings.Contains(string(content), `level=debug`) {
-		c.Fatalf(`Should not have level="debug" in log file using -D:\n%s`, string(content))
+	if !strings.Contains(string(content), `level=debug`) {
+		c.Fatalf(`Should have level="debug" in log file using -D:\n%s`, string(content))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestDaemonFlagDebug(c *check.C) {
 		c.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	content, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(s.d.logFile.Name())
-	if strings.Contains(string(content), `level=debug`) {
-		c.Fatalf(`Should not have level="debug" in log file using --debug:\n%s`, string(content))
+	if !strings.Contains(string(content), `level=debug`) {
+		c.Fatalf(`Should have level="debug" in log file using --debug:\n%s`, string(content))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestDaemonFlagDebugLogLevelFatal(c *check.C) {
 		c.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	content, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(s.d.logFile.Name())
-	if strings.Contains(string(content), `level=debug`) {
-		c.Fatalf(`Should not have level="debug" in log file when using both --debug and --log-level=fatal:\n%s`, string(content))
+	if !strings.Contains(string(content), `level=debug`) {
+		c.Fatalf(`Should have level="debug" in log file when using both --debug and --log-level=fatal:\n%s`, string(content))
 	}
 }