diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 00eb2b465db4..7538376e33b6 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ func setLoggerLevel(c *cli.Context) {
 		utils.SetLogLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 	} else if c.Bool("quiet") {
 		utils.SetLogLevel(logrus.WarnLevel)
+	} else {
+		utils.SetLogLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
 	}
 	setupAgent(c)
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0a1a92e72c4e..527bdf239a18 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/minio/minio-go v6.0.14+incompatible
 	github.com/ncw/swift v1.0.53
 	github.com/pengsrc/go-shared v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pingcap/log v0.0.0-20210317133921-96f4fcab92a4
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.0
 	github.com/pquerna/ffjson v0.0.0-20190930134022-aa0246cd15f7 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/meta/benchmarks_test.go b/pkg/meta/benchmarks_test.go
index e33d1f9c7f06..2aa7c2dc9320 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/benchmarks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/benchmarks_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/juicedata/juicefs/pkg/utils"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -32,11 +34,10 @@ const (
 	tkvAddr = "tikv://127.0.0.1:2379/juicefs"
 )
 
-/*
 func init() {
-	utils.SetOutFile("bench-test.log")
+	utils.SetLogLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+	// utils.SetOutFile("bench-test.log")
 }
-*/
 
 func encodeSlices(size int) []string {
 	w := utils.NewBuffer(24)
diff --git a/pkg/utils/logger.go b/pkg/utils/logger.go
index e7c7e89b80f4..ca161c06f2e5 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/logger.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	plog "github.com/pingcap/log"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -108,6 +109,24 @@ func SetLogLevel(lvl logrus.Level) {
 	for _, logger := range loggers {
 		logger.Level = lvl
 	}
+	var plvl string // TiKV (PingCap) uses uber-zap logging, make it less verbose
+	switch lvl {
+	case logrus.TraceLevel:
+		plvl = "debug"
+	case logrus.DebugLevel:
+		plvl = "info"
+	case logrus.InfoLevel:
+		fallthrough
+	case logrus.WarnLevel:
+		plvl = "warn"
+	case logrus.ErrorLevel:
+		plvl = "error"
+	default:
+		plvl = "dpanic"
+	}
+	conf := &plog.Config{Level: plvl}
+	l, p, _ := plog.InitLogger(conf)
+	plog.ReplaceGlobals(l, p)
 }
 
 func SetOutFile(name string) {