diff --git a/internal/cli/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/internal/cli/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index febe9c3..99099fb 100644
--- a/internal/cli/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/internal/cli/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -20,18 +20,29 @@ import (
 	coreConfig "github.com/mongodb/atlas-cli-core/config"
 	"github.com/mongodb/atlas-cli-plugin-kubernetes/internal/cli/kubernetes/config"
 	"github.com/mongodb/atlas-cli-plugin-kubernetes/internal/cli/kubernetes/operator"
+	"github.com/mongodb/atlas-cli-plugin-kubernetes/internal/flag"
+	cliLog "github.com/mongodb/atlas-cli-plugin-kubernetes/internal/log"
+	"github.com/mongodb/atlas-cli-plugin-kubernetes/internal/usage"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func Builder() *cobra.Command {
 	const use = "kubernetes"
+	var (
+		debugLevel bool
+	)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   use,
 		Short: "Manage Kubernetes resources.",
 		Long:  `This command provides access to Kubernetes features within Atlas.`,
-		PersistentPreRun: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+		PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+			cliLog.SetWriter(cmd.ErrOrStderr())
+			if debugLevel {
+				cliLog.SetLevel(cliLog.DebugLevel)
+			}
+
 			err := coreConfig.LoadAtlasCLIConfig()
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Failed to load Atlas CLI config: %v", err)
@@ -40,5 +51,9 @@ func Builder() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(config.Builder(), operator.Builder())
+
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&debugLevel, flag.Debug, flag.DebugShort, false, usage.Debug)
+	_ = cmd.PersistentFlags().MarkHidden(flag.Debug)
+
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/internal/flag/flags.go b/internal/flag/flags.go
index d6eda6f..12a1b73 100644
--- a/internal/flag/flags.go
+++ b/internal/flag/flags.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const (
 	OrgID                                 = "orgId"                         // OrgID flag to use an Organization ID
 	ProjectID                             = "projectId"                     // ProjectID flag to use a project ID
 	ClusterName                           = "clusterName"                   // ClusterName flag
+	Debug                                 = "debug"                         // Debug flag to set debug log level
+	DebugShort                            = "D"                             // DebugShort flag to set debug log level
 	OperatorIncludeSecrets                = "includeSecrets"                // OperatorIncludeSecrets flag
 	OperatorTargetNamespace               = "targetNamespace"               // OperatorTargetNamespace flag
 	OperatorWatchNamespace                = "watchNamespace"                // OperatorTargetNamespace flag
diff --git a/internal/usage/usage.go b/internal/usage/usage.go
index bf25018..b9b6082 100644
--- a/internal/usage/usage.go
+++ b/internal/usage/usage.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const (
 	ProjectID                             = "Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable."
 	OrgID                                 = "Organization ID to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable."
 	ExporterClusterName                   = "One or more comma separated cluster names to import"
+	Debug                                 = "Debug log level."
 	OperatorIncludeSecrets                = "Flag that generates kubernetes secrets with data for projects, users, deployments entities."
 	OperatorTargetNamespace               = "Namespaces to use for generated kubernetes entities"
 	OperatorVersion                       = "Version of Atlas Kubernetes Operator to generate resources for."