diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/listen.2 b/lib/libc/sys/listen.2
index 4d0962fd412c..076163548b72 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/listen.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/listen.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"	From: @(#)listen.2	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 14, 2020
+.Dd April 30, 2023
 .Dt LISTEN 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -111,10 +111,20 @@ or less than zero is specified,
 is silently forced to
 .Va kern.ipc.soacceptqueue .
 .Pp
-If the listen queue overflows, the kernel will emit a LOG_DEBUG syslog message.
+If the listen queue overflows, the kernel will emit a syslog message
+using default priority LOG_DEBUG (7).
 The
 .Xr sysctl 3
 MIB variable
+.Va kern.ipc.sooverprio
+may be used to change this priority to any value in a range of 0..7
+(LOG_EMERG..LOG_DEBUG).
+See
+.Xr syslog 3
+for details.
+It may be set to -1 to disable these messages.
+.Pp
+The variable
 .Va kern.ipc.sooverinterval
 specifies a per-socket limit on how often the kernel will emit these messages.
 .Sh INTERACTION WITH ACCEPT FILTERS
@@ -164,6 +174,7 @@ The socket is not of a type that supports the operation
 .Xr connect 2 ,
 .Xr socket 2 ,
 .Xr sysctl 3 ,
+.Xr syslog 3 ,
 .Xr sysctl 8 ,
 .Xr accept_filter 9
 .Sh HISTORY
diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
index f529f885d17c..eaff57d50d78 100644
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
@@ -578,6 +578,10 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_regression, OID_AUTO, sonewconn_earlytest, CTLFLAG_RW,
     &regression_sonewconn_earlytest, 0, "Perform early sonewconn limit test");
 #endif
 
+static int sooverprio = LOG_DEBUG;
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern_ipc, OID_AUTO, sooverprio, CTLFLAG_RW,
+    &sooverprio, 0, "Log priority for listen socket overflows: 0..7 or -1 to disable");
+
 static struct timeval overinterval = { 60, 0 };
 SYSCTL_TIMEVAL_SEC(_kern_ipc, OID_AUTO, sooverinterval, CTLFLAG_RW,
     &overinterval,
@@ -617,7 +621,8 @@ solisten_clone(struct socket *head)
 	if (over) {
 #endif
 		head->sol_overcount++;
-		dolog = !!ratecheck(&head->sol_lastover, &overinterval);
+		dolog = (sooverprio >= 0) &&
+			!!ratecheck(&head->sol_lastover, &overinterval);
 
 		/*
 		 * If we're going to log, copy the overflow count and queue
@@ -706,14 +711,16 @@ solisten_clone(struct socket *head)
 			 * sys/kern/sonewconn_overflow checks for it.
 			 */
 			if (head->so_cred == 0) {
-				log(LOG_DEBUG, "sonewconn: pcb %p (%s): "
+				log(LOG_PRI(sooverprio),
+				    "sonewconn: pcb %p (%s): "
 				    "Listen queue overflow: %i already in "
 				    "queue awaiting acceptance (%d "
 				    "occurrences)\n", head->so_pcb,
 				    sbuf_data(&descrsb),
 			    	qlen, overcount);
 			} else {
-				log(LOG_DEBUG, "sonewconn: pcb %p (%s): "
+				log(LOG_PRI(sooverprio),
+				    "sonewconn: pcb %p (%s): "
 				    "Listen queue overflow: "
 				    "%i already in queue awaiting acceptance "
 				    "(%d occurrences), euid %d, rgid %d, jail %s\n",