diff --git a/scrapy/core/engine.py b/scrapy/core/engine.py
index f87d7f5df..c544956a4 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/engine.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/engine.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ExecutionEngine(object):
             if isinstance(response, Response):
                 response.request = request # tie request to response received
                 logkws = self.logformatter.crawled(request, response, spider)
-                log.msg(level=log.DEBUG, spider=spider, **logkws)
+                log.msg(spider=spider, **logkws)
                 self.signals.send_catch_log(signal=signals.response_received, \
                     response=response, request=request, spider=spider)
             return response
diff --git a/scrapy/core/scraper.py b/scrapy/core/scraper.py
index 75090b258..876e94176 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/scraper.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/scraper.py
@@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ class Scraper(object):
             ex = output.value
             if isinstance(ex, DropItem):
                 logkws = self.logformatter.dropped(item, ex, response, spider)
-                log.msg(level=log.WARNING, spider=spider, **logkws)
+                log.msg(spider=spider, **logkws)
                 return self.signals.send_catch_log_deferred(signal=signals.item_dropped, \
                     item=item, spider=spider, exception=output.value)
             else:
                 log.err(output, 'Error processing %(item)s', item=item, spider=spider)
         else:
             logkws = self.logformatter.scraped(output, response, spider)
-            log.msg(level=log.DEBUG, spider=spider, **logkws)
+            log.msg(spider=spider, **logkws)
             return self.signals.send_catch_log_deferred(signal=signals.item_scraped, \
                 item=output, response=response, spider=spider)
 
diff --git a/scrapy/logformatter.py b/scrapy/logformatter.py
index 3a2afa103..d03d2d07f 100644
--- a/scrapy/logformatter.py
+++ b/scrapy/logformatter.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import os
 
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 
+from scrapy import log
+
 
 SCRAPEDFMT = u"Scraped from %(src)s" + os.linesep + "%(item)s"
 DROPPEDFMT = u"Dropped: %(exception)s" + os.linesep + "%(item)s"
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ class LogFormatter(object):
     def crawled(self, request, response, spider):
         flags = ' %s' % str(response.flags) if response.flags else ''
         return {
+            'level': log.DEBUG,
             'format': CRAWLEDFMT,
             'status': response.status,
             'request': request,
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ class LogFormatter(object):
     def scraped(self, item, response, spider):
         src = response.getErrorMessage() if isinstance(response, Failure) else response
         return {
+            'level': log.DEBUG,
             'format': SCRAPEDFMT,
             'src': src,
             'item': item,
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ class LogFormatter(object):
 
     def dropped(self, item, exception, response, spider):
         return {
+            'level': log.WARNING,
             'format': DROPPEDFMT,
             'exception': exception,
             'item': item,