diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/events/apigateway.md b/docs/providers/aws/events/apigateway.md
index c6a06d435..3aaffb62f 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/events/apigateway.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/events/apigateway.md
@@ -1507,3 +1507,16 @@ provider:
     restApi:
       format: '{ "requestId":"$context.requestId",   "ip": "$context.identity.sourceIp" }'
 ```
+
+The default API Gateway log level will be INFO. You can change this to error with the following:
+
+```yml
+# serverless.yml
+provider:
+  name: aws
+  logs:
+    restApi:
+      level: ERROR
+```
+
+Valid values are INFO, ERROR.
diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md b/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md
index c9e6d573f..d108e732c 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/guide/serverless.yml.md
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ provider:
     apiGateway: true
     lambda: true # Optional, can be true (true equals 'Active'), 'Active' or 'PassThrough'
   logs:
-    restApi: true # Optional configuration which specifies if API Gateway logs are used
+    restApi: # Optional configuration which specifies if API Gateway logs are used. This can either be set to true to use defaults, or configured via subproperties.
+      format: 'requestId: $context.requestId' # Optional configuration which specifies the log format to use.
+      level: INFO # Optional configuration which specifies the log level to use. May be either INFO or ERROR.
     websocket: true # Optional configuration which specifies if Websockets logs are used
 
 package: # Optional deployment packaging configuration
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.js
index 8f5d2834a..710b43b46 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const BbPromise = require('bluebird');
+const ServerlessError = require('../../../../../../../../classes/Error').ServerlessError;
 
 const isRestApiId = RegExp.prototype.test.bind(/^[a-z0-9]{3,}$/);
 const defaultApiGatewayLogFormat = [
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ const defaultApiGatewayLogFormat = [
   'protocol: $context.protocol',
   'responseLength: $context.responseLength',
 ].join(', ');
+const defaultApiGatewayLogLevel = 'INFO';
+const apiGatewayValidLogLevels = new Set(['INFO', 'ERROR']);
 
 // NOTE --> Keep this file in sync with ../stage.js
 
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ const defaultApiGatewayLogFormat = [
 // Stage resource (see https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/5692#issuecomment-467849311 for more information).
 
 module.exports = {
+  defaultApiGatewayLogLevel,
+  apiGatewayValidLogLevels,
   updateStage() {
     // this array is used to gather all the patch operations we need to
     // perform on the stage
@@ -191,6 +196,18 @@ function handleLogs() {
       logFormat = logs.format;
     }
 
+    let level = defaultApiGatewayLogLevel;
+    if (logs.level) {
+      level = logs.level;
+      if (!apiGatewayValidLogLevels.has(level)) {
+        throw new ServerlessError(
+          `provider.logs.restApi.level is set to an invalid value. Support values are ${Array.from(
+            apiGatewayValidLogLevels
+          ).join(', ')}, got ${level}.`
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     const destinationArn = {
       op: 'replace',
       path: '/accessLogSettings/destinationArn',
@@ -202,7 +219,7 @@ function handleLogs() {
       value: logFormat,
     };
     dataTrace = { op: 'replace', path: '/*/*/logging/dataTrace', value: 'true' };
-    logLevel = { op: 'replace', path: '/*/*/logging/loglevel', value: 'INFO' };
+    logLevel = { op: 'replace', path: '/*/*/logging/loglevel', value: level };
     operations = [destinationArn, format, dataTrace, logLevel];
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.test.js
index 1c6e79297..f5c23fb83 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/lib/hack/updateStage.test.js
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ const sinon = require('sinon');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const Serverless = require('../../../../../../../../Serverless');
 const AwsProvider = require('../../../../../../provider/awsProvider');
-const updateStage = require('./updateStage').updateStage;
+const {
+  updateStage,
+  apiGatewayValidLogLevels,
+  defaultApiGatewayLogLevel,
+} = require('./updateStage');
 
 chai.use(require('sinon-chai'));
+chai.use(require('chai-as-promised'));
 
 const { expect } = chai;
 
@@ -389,4 +394,45 @@ describe('#updateStage()', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  function checkLogLevel(setLevel, expectedLevel) {
+    if (setLevel) {
+      context.state.service.provider.logs = {
+        restApi: {
+          level: setLevel,
+        },
+      };
+    } else {
+      context.state.service.provider.logs = {
+        restApi: true,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return updateStage.call(context).then(() => {
+      const patchOperation = { op: 'replace', path: '/*/*/logging/loglevel', value: expectedLevel };
+
+      const patchOperations = providerRequestStub.args[2][2].patchOperations;
+      expect(patchOperations).to.include.deep.members([patchOperation]);
+    });
+  }
+
+  it('should use the default log level if no log level is given', () => {
+    return checkLogLevel(null, defaultApiGatewayLogLevel);
+  });
+
+  apiGatewayValidLogLevels.forEach(logLevel => {
+    it(`should update the stage with a custom APIGW log level if given ${logLevel}`, () => {
+      return checkLogLevel(logLevel, logLevel);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should reject a custom APIGW log level if value is invalid', () => {
+    context.state.service.provider.logs = {
+      restApi: {
+        level: 'INVALID',
+      },
+    };
+
+    return expect(updateStage.call(context)).to.be.rejectedWith('invalid value');
+  });
 });