diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 2cbab0c..32c03af 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
-Version 1.38  2018-05-10
+Version 1.38  2018-05-11
   * connection_pool.c: set err_no to 0 when success
   * shared_func.h: add functions float2buff / buff2float, double2buff / buff2double
+  * logger.h: add function log_get_level_caption
 
 Version 1.37  2018-02-24
   * ini_file_reader.c function annotations LOCAL_IP_GET support index, such as:
diff --git a/src/logger.c b/src/logger.c
index e9680b4..7ef09a5 100644
--- a/src/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,44 @@ void logAccess(LogContext *pContext, struct timeval *tvStart, \
 	doLogEx(pContext, tvStart, NULL, text, len, false, true);
 }
 
+const char *log_get_level_caption_ex(LogContext *pContext)
+{
+	const char *caption;
+
+	switch (pContext->log_level)
+	{
+		case LOG_DEBUG:
+			caption = "DEBUG";
+			break;
+		case LOG_INFO:
+			caption = "INFO";
+			break;
+		case LOG_NOTICE:
+			caption = "NOTICE";
+			break;
+		case LOG_WARNING:
+			caption = "WARNING";
+			break;
+		case LOG_ERR:
+			caption = "ERROR";
+			break;
+		case LOG_CRIT:
+			caption = "CRIT";
+			break;
+		case LOG_ALERT:
+			caption = "ALERT";
+			break;
+		case LOG_EMERG:
+			caption = "EMERG";
+			break;
+		default:
+			caption = "UNKOWN";
+			break;
+	}
+
+    return caption;
+}
+
 #ifndef LOG_FORMAT_CHECK
 
 void logEmerg(const char *format, ...)
diff --git a/src/logger.h b/src/logger.h
index d227095..6f7db27 100644
--- a/src/logger.h
+++ b/src/logger.h
@@ -338,6 +338,15 @@ int log_rotate(LogContext *pContext);
 */
 int log_delete_old_files(void *args);
 
+/** get log level caption
+ *  parameters:
+ *           pContext: the log context
+ *  return: log level caption
+*/
+const char *log_get_level_caption_ex(LogContext *pContext);
+
+#define log_get_level_caption() log_get_level_caption_ex(&g_log_context)
+
 void logEmergEx(LogContext *pContext, const char *format, ...);
 void logCritEx(LogContext *pContext, const char *format, ...);
 void logAlertEx(LogContext *pContext, const char *format, ...);