diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt
index 0204087b..ee3f0bd0 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ class Args {
             "(${Constants.LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL}-${Constants.LOG_MAX_LEVEL})")
     var log: Int = Constants.LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 
+    @Parameter(names = arrayOf("--logTags"),
+            description = "Comma-separated list of tags to enable logging for")
+    var logTags: String = ""
+
     @Parameter(names = arrayOf("--forceIncremental"),
             description = "Force the build to be incremental even if the build file was modified")
     var forceIncremental: Boolean = false
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BaseProjectRunner.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BaseProjectRunner.kt
index c93d01b9..4efadc8b 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BaseProjectRunner.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BaseProjectRunner.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ abstract class BaseProjectRunner {
             : TaskManager.RunTargetResult
 
     companion object {
-        val LOG_LEVEL = TaskManager.LOG_LEVEL
+        val TAG = "graph"
 
         fun runBuildListenersForProject(project: Project, context: KobaltContext, start: Boolean,
                 status: ProjectBuildStatus = ProjectBuildStatus.SUCCESS) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ abstract class BaseProjectRunner {
                     val froms = nodeMap[from]
                     froms.forEach { f: T ->
                         nodeMap[to].forEach { t: T ->
-                            kobaltLog(LOG_LEVEL, "                                  Adding edge ($text) $f -> $t")
+                            kobaltLog(TAG, "                                  Adding edge ($text) $f -> $t")
                             result.addEdge(f, t)
                             newToProcess.add(t)
                         }
@@ -97,19 +97,19 @@ abstract class BaseProjectRunner {
                  * Whenever a task is added to the graph, we also add its alwaysRunAfter tasks.
                  */
                 fun processAlways(always: Multimap<String, String>, node: T) {
-                    kobaltLog(LOG_LEVEL, "      Processing always for $node")
+                    kobaltLog(TAG, "      Processing always for $node")
                     always[toName(node)]?.let { to: Collection<String> ->
                         to.forEach { t ->
                             nodeMap[t].forEach { from ->
-                                kobaltLog(LOG_LEVEL, "                                  Adding always edge $from -> $node")
+                                kobaltLog(TAG, "                                  Adding always edge $from -> $node")
                                 result.addEdge(from, node)
                             }
                         }
-                        kobaltLog(LOG_LEVEL, "        ... done processing always for $node")
+                        kobaltLog(TAG, "        ... done processing always for $node")
                     }
                 }
 
-                kobaltLog(LOG_LEVEL, "  Current batch to process: $toProcess")
+                kobaltLog(TAG, "  Current batch to process: $toProcess")
 
                 //
                 // Move dependsOn + reverseDependsOn in one multimap called allDepends
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ abstract class BaseProjectRunner {
                 //
                 toProcess.forEach { taskInfo ->
                     val taskName = taskInfo.taskName
-                    kobaltLog(LOG_LEVEL, "    ***** Current node: $taskName")
+                    kobaltLog(TAG, "    ***** Current node: $taskName")
                     nodeMap[taskName].forEach {
                         result.addNode(it)
                         processAlways(always, it)
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt
index 6cb88983..e2d83e58 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ class TaskManager @Inject constructor(val args: Args,
     private val runAfter = TreeMultimap.create<String, String>()
     private val alwaysRunAfter = TreeMultimap.create<String, String>()
 
-    companion object {
-        val LOG_LEVEL = 3
-    }
-
     /**
      * Dependency: task2 depends on task 1.
      */
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 90b07e80..5a439357 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.misc
 
+import com.beust.kobalt.Args
 import com.beust.kobalt.AsciiArt
 import com.beust.kobalt.KobaltException
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ fun Any.log(level: Int, text: CharSequence, newLine : Boolean = true) {
 fun Any.kobaltLog(level: Int, text: CharSequence, newLine : Boolean = true) = log(level, text, newLine)
 fun Any.kobaltWarn(text: CharSequence) = warn(text)
 fun Any.kobaltError(text: CharSequence) = error(text)
+fun Any.kobaltLog(tag: String, text: CharSequence, newLine : Boolean = true) {
+    if (Kobalt.INJECTOR.getInstance(Args::class.java).logTags.split(',').contains(tag)) {
+        log(1, text, newLine)
+    }
+}
 
 fun Any.logWrap(level: Int, text1: CharSequence, text2: CharSequence, function: () -> Unit) {
     if (level <= KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL) {