diff --git a/odin/http/server.py b/odin/http/server.py
index d5416df7..1aa8a82c 100644
--- a/odin/http/server.py
+++ b/odin/http/server.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 Tim Nicholls, STFC Application Engineering
 """
+import logging
 import tornado.gen
 import tornado.web
 import tornado.ioloop
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@
 class HttpServer(object):
     """HTTP server class."""
 
-    def __init__(self, debug_mode=False, static_path='./static', adapters=None):
+    def __init__(self, debug_mode=False, access_logging=None,
+                 static_path='./static', adapters=None):
         """Initialise the HttpServer object.
 
         :param debug_mode: Set True to enable Tornado debug mode
@@ -30,6 +32,16 @@ def __init__(self, debug_mode=False, static_path='./static', adapters=None):
             "log_function": self.log_request,
         }
 
+        # Set the up the access log level
+        if access_logging is not None:
+            try:
+                level_val = getattr(logging, access_logging.upper())
+                access_log.setLevel(level_val)
+            except AttributeError:
+                logging.error(
+                    "Access level logging level {} not recognised".format(access_logging)
+                )
+
         # Create an API route
         self.api_route = ApiRoute()
 
diff --git a/odin/server.py b/odin/server.py
index 3be0e0e2..d2ceee78 100644
--- a/odin/server.py
+++ b/odin/server.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ def main(argv=None):
     config.define('http_addr', default='0.0.0.0', option_help='Set HTTP server address')
     config.define('http_port', default=8888, option_help='Set HTTP server port')
     config.define('debug_mode', default=False, option_help='Enable tornado debug mode')
+    config.define('access_logging', default=None, option_help="Set the tornado access log level",
+                  metavar="debug|info|warning|error|none")
     config.define('static_path', default='./static', option_help='Set path for static file content')
 
     # Parse configuration options and any configuration file specified
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ def main(argv=None):
     logging.info('Using the %s IOLoop instance', '0MQ' if using_zmq_loop else 'tornado')
 
     # Launch the HTTP server
-    http_server = HttpServer(config.debug_mode, config.static_path, adapters)
+    http_server = HttpServer(config.debug_mode, config.access_logging,
+                             config.static_path, adapters)
     http_server.listen(config.http_port, config.http_addr)
 
     logging.info('HTTP server listening on %s:%s', config.http_addr, config.http_port)
@@ -77,10 +80,11 @@ def main(argv=None):
 
     # At shutdown, clean up the state of the loaded adapters
     http_server.cleanup_adapters()
-    
+
     logging.info('ODIN server shutdown')
 
     return 0
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':  # pragma: no cover
     sys.exit(main())