diff --git a/components/LineEdit.qml b/components/LineEdit.qml
index f1e275f2..49eee0b1 100644
--- a/components/LineEdit.qml
+++ b/components/LineEdit.qml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import QtQuick 2.0
 
 Item {
+    id: item
     property alias placeholderText: input.placeholderText
     property alias text: input.text
     property alias validator: input.validator
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ Item {
     property alias cursorPosition: input.cursorPosition
     property int fontSize: 18
     property bool error: false
-
+    signal editingFinished()
 
     height: 37
 
@@ -67,5 +68,6 @@ Item {
         anchors.leftMargin: 4
         anchors.rightMargin: 30
         font.pixelSize: parent.fontSize
+        onEditingFinished: item.editingFinished()
     }
 }
diff --git a/monero-wallet-gui.pro b/monero-wallet-gui.pro
index 4f687802..dab04749 100644
--- a/monero-wallet-gui.pro
+++ b/monero-wallet-gui.pro
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ SOURCES = *.qml \
 
 LIBS += -L$$WALLET_ROOT/lib \
         -lwallet_merged \
+        monero/build/release/contrib/epee/src/libepee.a \
         -lunbound
 
 
diff --git a/pages/Settings.qml b/pages/Settings.qml
index 4d8a4a49..0027e0da 100644
--- a/pages/Settings.qml
+++ b/pages/Settings.qml
@@ -352,14 +352,35 @@ Rectangle {
 
             ComboBox {
                 id: logLevel
-                model: [0,1,2,3,4]
+                model: [0,1,2,3,4,"custom"]
                 currentIndex : appWindow.persistentSettings.logLevel;
                 onCurrentIndexChanged: {
-                    console.log("log level changed: ",currentIndex);
-                    walletManager.setLogLevel(currentIndex);
+                    if (currentIndex == 5) {
+                        console.log("log categories changed: ", logCategories.text);
+                        walletManager.setLogCategories(logCategories.text);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        console.log("log level changed: ",currentIndex);
+                        walletManager.setLogLevel(currentIndex);
+                    }
                     appWindow.persistentSettings.logLevel = currentIndex;
                 }
             }
+
+            LineEdit {
+                id: logCategories
+                Layout.preferredWidth:  200
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                text: ""
+                placeholderText: qsTr("(e.g. *:WARNING,net.p2p:DEBUG)") + translationManager.emptyString
+                enabled: logLevel.currentIndex == 5
+                onEditingFinished: {
+                    if(enabled) {
+                        console.log("log categories changed: ", text);
+                        walletManager.setLogCategories(text);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         // Version
diff --git a/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.cpp b/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.cpp
index ce37b9bb..fa06edd3 100644
--- a/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.cpp
+++ b/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ void WalletManager::setLogLevel(int logLevel)
     Monero::WalletManagerFactory::setLogLevel(logLevel);
 }
 
+void WalletManager::setLogCategories(const QString &categories)
+{
+    Monero::WalletManagerFactory::setLogCategories(categories.toStdString());
+}
+
 QString WalletManager::urlToLocalPath(const QUrl &url) const
 {
     return QDir::toNativeSeparators(url.toLocalFile());
diff --git a/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.h b/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.h
index 12972efe..5b8adf5a 100644
--- a/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.h
+++ b/src/libwalletqt/WalletManager.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE QUrl localPathToUrl(const QString &path) const;
 
     Q_INVOKABLE void setLogLevel(int logLevel);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void setLogCategories(const QString &categories);
 
     Q_INVOKABLE quint64 add(quint64 x, quint64 y) const { return x + y; }
     Q_INVOKABLE quint64 sub(quint64 x, quint64 y) const { return x - y; }