diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker-defaults b/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker-defaults
index 4c1aee2c6c..5c73cc61db 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker-defaults
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/docker/docker-defaults
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {% set grains_opts = grains.get('docker_opts', '') -%}
-DOCKER_OPTS="{{grains_opts}} --bridge=cbr0 --iptables=false --ip-masq=false"
+DOCKER_OPTS="{{grains_opts}} --bridge=cbr0 --iptables=false --ip-masq=false --log-level=warn"
 DOCKER_NOFILE=1000000