diff --git a/library/nim.cfg b/library/nim.cfg
index 3fd5adb323..a494655e29 100644
--- a/library/nim.cfg
+++ b/library/nim.cfg
@@ -23,5 +23,12 @@
   lib
 --noMain
 
+# Logging
+# Filter statements against the level set at runtime, which is what
+# logging.setupLog applies from a node's `logLevel`. Without this chronicles
+# resolves each statement's level at compile time and that configuration is
+# accepted and ignored.
+--define:chronicles_runtime_filtering=on
+
 # Enable FFI macro features when needed for debugging
 # --define:ffiDumpMacros