diff --git a/changelog.d/8477.misc b/changelog.d/8477.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ee1606b6e3242a51238155cb2a1c3ce71318237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8477.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include the log level in the phone home stats.
diff --git a/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py b/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py
index 2c8e14a8c0ca1404bc891750eec4e3e5fae15b29..daed8ccfe9527891b3b0bf9fa161ed0023239912 100644
--- a/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py
+++ b/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ async def phone_stats_home(hs, stats, stats_process=_stats_process):
     stats["database_engine"] = hs.get_datastore().db_pool.engine.module.__name__
     stats["database_server_version"] = hs.get_datastore().db_pool.engine.server_version
 
+    #
+    # Logging configuration
+    #
+    synapse_logger = logging.getLogger("synapse")
+    log_level = synapse_logger.getEffectiveLevel()
+    stats["log_level"] = logging.getLevelName(log_level)
+
     logger.info("Reporting stats to %s: %s" % (hs.config.report_stats_endpoint, stats))
     try:
         await hs.get_proxied_http_client().put_json(