diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index 57caf38c2a..c34de303fb 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -446,7 +446,12 @@ class BBCooker:
                 logger.debug(1, "Marking as dirty due to '%s' option change to '%s'" % (o, options[o]))
                 print("Marking as dirty due to '%s' option change to '%s'" % (o, options[o]))
                 clean = False
-            setattr(self.configuration, o, options[o])
+            if hasattr(self.configuration, o):
+                setattr(self.configuration, o, options[o])
+
+        bb.msg.loggerDefaultLogLevel = self.configuration.default_loglevel
+        bb.msg.loggerDefaultDomains = self.configuration.debug_domains
+
         for k in bb.utils.approved_variables():
             if k in environment and k not in self.configuration.env:
                 logger.debug(1, "Updating new environment variable %s to %s" % (k, environment[k]))
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
index 6bf411bcd2..f43610e7f8 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ class ConfigParameters(object):
     def updateToServer(self, server, environment):
         options = {}
         for o in ["abort", "force", "invalidate_stamp",
-                  "debug", "dry_run", "dump_signatures",
-                  "debug_domains", "extra_assume_provided", "profile",
+                  "dry_run", "dump_signatures",
+                  "extra_assume_provided", "profile",
                   "prefile", "postfile", "server_timeout"]:
             options[o] = getattr(self.options, o)
 
         options['build_verbose_shell'] = self.options.verbose
         options['build_verbose_stdout'] = self.options.verbose
+        options['default_loglevel'] = bb.msg.loggerDefaultLogLevel
+        options['debug_domains'] = bb.msg.loggerDefaultDomains
 
         ret, error = server.runCommand(["updateConfig", options, environment, sys.argv])
         if error:
@@ -114,11 +116,11 @@ class CookerConfiguration(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.debug_domains = []
+        self.debug_domains = bb.msg.loggerDefaultDomains
+        self.default_loglevel = bb.msg.loggerDefaultLogLevel
         self.extra_assume_provided = []
         self.prefile = []
         self.postfile = []
-        self.debug = 0
         self.cmd = None
         self.abort = True
         self.force = False
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
index af2880f8d5..e483cce1ae 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py
@@ -357,11 +357,11 @@ def bitbake_main(configParams, configuration):
 
     if "BBDEBUG" in os.environ:
         level = int(os.environ["BBDEBUG"])
-        if level > configuration.debug:
-            configuration.debug = level
+        if level > configParams.debug:
+            configParams.debug = level
 
-    bb.msg.init_msgconfig(configParams.verbose, configuration.debug,
-                          configuration.debug_domains)
+    bb.msg.init_msgconfig(configParams.verbose, configParams.debug,
+                          configParams.debug_domains)
 
     server_connection, ui_module = setup_bitbake(configParams, configuration)
     # No server connection