diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eafaef0f..bd49286e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ releases.
     - filter.d/domino-smtp: IBM Domino SMTP task (gh-1603)
 
 ### Enhancements
+* Introduced new log-level `MSG` (as INFO-2, equivalent to 18)
 
 
 ver. 0.9.6 (2016/12/10) - stretch-is-coming
diff --git a/fail2ban/__init__.py b/fail2ban/__init__.py
index 0f0fc3ec..317f53e7 100644
--- a/fail2ban/__init__.py
+++ b/fail2ban/__init__.py
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ __license__ = "GPL"
 import logging.handlers
 
 # Custom debug levels
+logging.MSG = logging.INFO - 2
 logging.TRACEDEBUG = 7
 logging.HEAVYDEBUG = 5
+logging.addLevelName(logging.MSG, 'MSG')
 logging.addLevelName(logging.TRACEDEBUG, 'TRACE')
 logging.addLevelName(logging.HEAVYDEBUG, 'HEAVY')
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filter.py b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
index 75536d57..526f54ea 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filter.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ class FileContainer:
 		## sys.stdout.flush()
 		# Compare hash and inode
 		if self.__hash != myHash or self.__ino != stats.st_ino:
-			logSys.info("Log rotation detected for %s", self.__filename)
+			logSys.log(logging.MSG, "Log rotation detected for %s", self.__filename)
 			self.__hash = myHash
 			self.__ino = stats.st_ino
 			self.__pos = 0