diff --git a/level.go b/level.go
index cd4321c..ae07909 100644
--- a/level.go
+++ b/level.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package log
 
+import "strings"
+
 // Level is a logging level.
 type Level int32
 
@@ -35,3 +37,21 @@ func (l Level) String() string {
 		return ""
 	}
 }
+
+// ParseLevel converts level in string to Level type. Default level is InfoLevel.
+func ParseLevel(level string) Level {
+	switch strings.ToLower(level) {
+	case DebugLevel.String():
+		return DebugLevel
+	case InfoLevel.String():
+		return InfoLevel
+	case WarnLevel.String():
+		return WarnLevel
+	case ErrorLevel.String():
+		return ErrorLevel
+	case FatalLevel.String():
+		return FatalLevel
+	default:
+		return InfoLevel
+	}
+}
diff --git a/level_test.go b/level_test.go
index 2df9a0a..95d7bb5 100644
--- a/level_test.go
+++ b/level_test.go
@@ -10,3 +10,52 @@ func TestDefaultLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	var level Level
 	assert.Equal(t, InfoLevel, level)
 }
+func TestParseLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		level    string
+		expLevel Level
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "Parse debug",
+			level:    "debug",
+			expLevel: DebugLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Parse info",
+			level:    "Info",
+			expLevel: InfoLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Parse warn",
+			level:    "WARN",
+			expLevel: WarnLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Parse error",
+			level:    "error",
+			expLevel: ErrorLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Parse fatal",
+			level:    "FATAL",
+			expLevel: FatalLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Default",
+			level:    "",
+			expLevel: InfoLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Wrong level, set INFO",
+			level:    "WRONG_LEVEL",
+			expLevel: InfoLevel,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expLevel, ParseLevel(tc.level))
+		})
+	}
+}