diff --git a/DEVELOPING.md b/DEVELOPING.md
index a2dc3c9..bf5c42f 100644
--- a/DEVELOPING.md
+++ b/DEVELOPING.md
@@ -246,3 +246,11 @@
 ```bash
 EXTRA_OEMESON:pn-bmcweb:append = "-Dbmcweb-logging='debug'"
 ```
+
+bmcweb also supports setting logging level at runtime. The bmcweb CLI
+application can be used to set the daemon's logging level on target. For
+example, to set logging level to INFO:
+
+```bash
+bmcweb -l INFO
+```
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
index 5052d7b..2847214 100644
--- a/TESTING.md
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@
 - Reduce binary size by stripping it when ready for testing
 
   ```sh
-  arm-openbmc-linux-gnueabi-strip bmcweb
+  arm-openbmc-linux-gnueabi-strip bmcwebd
   ```
 
   **Note:** Stripping is not required and having the debug symbols could be
   useful depending on your testing. Leaving them will drastically increase your
   transfer time to the BMC.
 
-- Copy your bmcweb you want to test to /tmp/ in QEMU
+- Copy your bmcweb daemon you want to test to /tmp/ in QEMU
 
   ```sh
-  scp -P 2222 bmcweb root@127.0.0.1:/tmp/
+  scp -P 2222 bmcwebd root@127.0.0.1:/tmp/
   ```
 
   **Special Notes:** The address and port shown here (127.0.0.1 and 2222)
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
   systemctl stop bmcweb
   ```
 
-  **Note:** bmcweb supports being started directly in parallel with the bmcweb
-  running as a service. The standalone bmcweb will be available on port 18080.
-  An advantage of this is you can compare between the two easily for testing. In
-  QEMU you would need to open up port 18080 when starting QEMU. Your curl
-  commands would need to use 18080 to communicate.
+  **Note:** bmcweb daemon supports being started directly in parallel with the
+  bmcweb running as a service. The standalone bmcweb daemon will be available on
+  port 18080. An advantage of this is you can compare between the two easily for
+  testing. In QEMU you would need to open up port 18080 when starting QEMU. Your
+  curl commands would need to use 18080 to communicate.
 
 - If running within a system that has read-only /usr/ filesystem, issue the
   following commands one time per QEMU boot to make the filesystem writable
@@ -67,16 +67,16 @@
   mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=/usr,upperdir=/var/persist/usr,workdir=/var/persist/work/usr overlay /usr
   ```
 
-- Remove the existing bmcweb from the filesystem in QEMU
+- Remove the existing bmcweb daemon from the filesystem in QEMU
 
   ```sh
-  rm /usr/bin/bmcweb
+  rm /usr/libexec/bmcwebd
   ```
 
-- Link to your new bmcweb in /tmp/
+- Link to your new bmcweb daemon in /tmp/
 
   ```sh
-  ln -sf /tmp/bmcweb /usr/bin/bmcweb
+  ln -sf /tmp/bmcwebd /usr/libexec/bmcwebd
   ```
 
 - Test your changes. bmcweb will be started automatically upon your first REST
diff --git a/config/bmcweb.service.in b/config/bmcweb.service.in
index a0b6777..040e519 100644
--- a/config/bmcweb.service.in
+++ b/config/bmcweb.service.in
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Start bmcweb server
+Description=Start bmcwebd server
 
 Wants=network.target
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecReload=kill -s HUP $MAINPID
-ExecStart=@MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin/bmcweb
+ExecStart=@MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX@/libexec/bmcwebd
 Type=simple
 WorkingDirectory=/home/root
 
diff --git a/config/bmcweb_config.h.in b/config/bmcweb_config.h.in
index f5a1213..31af658 100644
--- a/config/bmcweb_config.h.in
+++ b/config/bmcweb_config.h.in
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 @BMCWEB_OPTIONS@
 
 // NOLINTEND(readability-identifier-naming)
-// clang-format on
\ No newline at end of file
+// clang-format on
diff --git a/http/logging.hpp b/http/logging.hpp
index e2b9fef..526d186 100644
--- a/http/logging.hpp
+++ b/http/logging.hpp
@@ -53,8 +53,24 @@
 }
 
 // configured bmcweb LogLevel
-constexpr crow::LogLevel bmcwebCurrentLoggingLevel =
-    getLogLevelFromName(BMCWEB_LOGGING_LEVEL);
+inline crow::LogLevel& getBmcwebCurrentLoggingLevel()
+{
+    static crow::LogLevel level = getLogLevelFromName(BMCWEB_LOGGING_LEVEL);
+    return level;
+}
+
+struct FormatString
+{
+    std::string_view str;
+    std::source_location loc;
+
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(google-explicit-constructor)
+    FormatString(const char* stringIn, const std::source_location& locIn =
+                                           std::source_location::current()) :
+        str(stringIn),
+        loc(locIn)
+    {}
+};
 
 template <typename T>
 const void* logPtr(T p)
@@ -68,7 +84,7 @@
 inline void vlog(std::format_string<Args...>&& format, Args&&... args,
                  const std::source_location& loc) noexcept
 {
-    if constexpr (bmcwebCurrentLoggingLevel < level)
+    if (getBmcwebCurrentLoggingLevel() < level)
     {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 065be7f..2eec10b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 # Include Directories
 
 incdir = include_directories('include', 'redfish-core/include', 'redfish-core/lib', 'http')
+incdir_cli = include_directories(
+  'http',
+  'include'
+)
 
 if (get_option('tests').allowed())
     summary('unittest', 'NA', section: 'Features')
@@ -184,6 +188,7 @@
 # Find the dependency modules, if not found use meson wrap to get them
 # automatically during the configure step
 bmcweb_dependencies = []
+bmcweb_cli_dependencies = []
 
 pam = cxx.find_library('pam', required: true)
 atomic = cxx.find_library('atomic', required: true)
@@ -223,6 +228,16 @@
     sdbusplus = sdbusplus.as_system('system')
 endif
 bmcweb_dependencies += sdbusplus
+bmcweb_cli_dependencies += sdbusplus
+
+cli11 = dependency('CLI11', required : false, include_type: 'system')
+if not cli11.found()
+  cli11_proj = subproject('cli11', required: true)
+  cli11 = cli11_proj.get_variable('CLI11_dep')
+  cli11 = cli11.as_system('system')
+endif
+bmcweb_cli_dependencies += cli11
+
 
 tinyxml = dependency(
     'tinyxml2',
@@ -256,7 +271,8 @@
     include_type: 'system',
 )
 if boost.found()
-    bmcweb_dependencies += [boost]
+  bmcweb_dependencies += [boost]
+  bmcweb_cli_dependencies += [boost]
 else
     cmake = import('cmake')
     opt = cmake.subproject_options()
@@ -285,6 +301,7 @@
     foreach boost_lib : boost_libs
         boost_lib_instance = boost.dependency('boost_' + boost_lib).as_system()
         bmcweb_dependencies += [boost_lib_instance]
+        bmcweb_cli_dependencies += [boost_lib_instance]
     endforeach
 endif
 
@@ -308,7 +325,8 @@
 
 systemd_system_unit_dir = systemd.get_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')
 
-bindir = get_option('prefix') + '/' + get_option('bindir')
+bindir = get_option('prefix') + '/' +get_option('bindir')
+libexec = get_option('prefix') + '/' + get_option('libexecdir')
 
 summary(
     {
@@ -325,6 +343,7 @@
 # Config subdirectory
 subdir('config')
 bmcweb_dependencies += conf_h_dep
+bmcweb_cli_dependencies += conf_h_dep
 
 # Source files
 fs = import('fs')
@@ -356,16 +375,26 @@
     dependencies: bmcweb_dependencies,
 )
 
-# Generate the bmcweb executable
+# Generate the bmcwebd daemon
 executable(
-    'bmcweb',
-    'src/webserver_main.cpp',
-    include_directories: incdir,
-    dependencies: bmcweb_dependencies,
-    link_with: bmcweblib,
-    link_args: '-Wl,--gc-sections',
-    install: true,
-    install_dir: bindir,
+  'bmcwebd',
+  'src/webserver_main.cpp',
+  include_directories : incdir,
+  dependencies: bmcweb_dependencies,
+  link_with: bmcweblib,
+  link_args: '-Wl,--gc-sections',
+  install: true,
+  install_dir:libexec
+)
+
+# Generate the bmcweb CLI application
+executable(
+  'bmcweb',
+  ['src/webserver_cli.cpp','src/boost_asio.cpp'],
+  include_directories : incdir_cli,
+  dependencies: bmcweb_cli_dependencies,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir:bindir
 )
 
 srcfiles_unittest = files(
diff --git a/src/webserver_cli.cpp b/src/webserver_cli.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e17d800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webserver_cli.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#include "boost_formatters.hpp"
+#include "logging.hpp"
+
+#include <CLI/CLI.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/asio/connection.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+
+#include <string>
+
+// Override default log option:
+static void cliLogLevel(const std::string& logLevel)
+{
+    crow::getBmcwebCurrentLoggingLevel() = crow::getLogLevelFromName(logLevel);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) noexcept(false)
+{
+    CLI::App app("BMCWeb SetLogLevel CLI");
+
+    cliLogLevel("INFO");
+
+    // Define sdbus interfaces:
+    std::string service = "xyz.openbmc_project.bmcweb";
+    std::string path = "/xyz/openbmc_project/bmcweb";
+    std::string iface = "xyz.openbmc_project.bmcweb";
+    std::string method = "SetLogLevel";
+
+    std::string loglevel;
+    app.add_option("-l,--loglevel", loglevel, "Set bmcweb log level");
+
+    CLI11_PARSE(app, argc, argv)
+
+    BMCWEB_LOG_INFO("Working on log-level: {}", loglevel);
+
+    // Set up dbus connection:
+    boost::asio::io_context io;
+    auto conn = std::make_shared<sdbusplus::asio::connection>(io);
+
+    // Attempt to async_call to set logging level
+    conn->async_method_call(
+        [&io](boost::system::error_code& ec) mutable {
+        if (ec)
+        {
+            BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("SetLogLevel returned error with {}", ec);
+            return;
+        }
+        BMCWEB_LOG_INFO("Successfully changed log-level ");
+        io.stop();
+    },
+        service, path, iface, method, loglevel);
+
+    io.run();
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/webserver_run.cpp b/src/webserver_run.cpp
index 5013669..9079ad6 100644
--- a/src/webserver_run.cpp
+++ b/src/webserver_run.cpp
@@ -23,16 +23,41 @@
 
 #include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
 #include <sdbusplus/asio/connection.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/asio/object_server.hpp>
 
 #include <memory>
 
+static void setLogLevel(const std::string& logLevel)
+{
+    const std::basic_string_view<char>* iter =
+        std::ranges::find(crow::mapLogLevelFromName, logLevel);
+    if (iter == crow::mapLogLevelFromName.end())
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("log-level {} not found", logLevel);
+        return;
+    }
+    crow::getBmcwebCurrentLoggingLevel() = crow::getLogLevelFromName(logLevel);
+    BMCWEB_LOG_INFO("Requested log-level change to: {}", logLevel);
+}
+
 int run()
 {
     auto io = std::make_shared<boost::asio::io_context>();
     App app(io);
 
-    sdbusplus::asio::connection systemBus(*io);
-    crow::connections::systemBus = &systemBus;
+    std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection> systemBus =
+        std::make_shared<sdbusplus::asio::connection>(*io);
+    crow::connections::systemBus = systemBus.get();
+
+    auto server = sdbusplus::asio::object_server(systemBus);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::dbus_interface> iface =
+        server.add_interface("/xyz/openbmc_project/bmcweb",
+                             "xyz.openbmc_project.bmcweb");
+
+    iface->register_method("SetLogLevel", setLogLevel);
+
+    iface->initialize();
 
     // Static assets need to be initialized before Authorization, because auth
     // needs to build the whitelist from the static routes
@@ -106,6 +131,9 @@
     bmcweb::registerUserRemovedSignal();
 
     app.run();
+
+    systemBus->request_name("xyz.openbmc_project.bmcweb");
+
     io->run();
 
     crow::connections::systemBus = nullptr;
diff --git a/subprojects/cli11.wrap b/subprojects/cli11.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd26d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/cli11.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = CLI11-2.4.1
+source_url = https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.1.tar.gz
+source_filename = CLI11-2.4.1.tar.gz
+source_hash = 73b7ec52261ce8fe980a29df6b4ceb66243bb0b779451dbd3d014cfec9fdbb58
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/cli11_2.4.1-1/CLI11-2.4.1.tar.gz
+wrapdb_version = 2.4.1-1
+
+[provide]
+cli11 = CLI11_dep