diff --git a/backends/trtllm/cmake/spdlog.cmake b/backends/trtllm/cmake/spdlog.cmake
index fe6cbc0c..857a5abc 100644
--- a/backends/trtllm/cmake/spdlog.cmake
+++ b/backends/trtllm/cmake/spdlog.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 set(SPDLOG_USE_FMT ON)
+
+# Define the level at which SPDLOG_ compilation level is defined
+if(${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug")
+    add_compile_definitions(SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL SPDLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG)
+else()
+    add_compile_definitions(SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL SPDLOG_LEVEL_INFO)
+endif()
+
 fetchcontent_declare(
         spdlog
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git