diff --git a/telemetry/telemetry.go b/telemetry/telemetry.go
index f310a4d7..4ebf6857 100644
--- a/telemetry/telemetry.go
+++ b/telemetry/telemetry.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/keepalive"
+	"github.com/sonic-net/sonic-gnmi/swsscommon"
 )
 
 type ServerControlValue int
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ func runTelemetry(args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// enable swss-common debug level
+	swsscommon.LoggerLinkToDbNative("telemetry")
+
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	// serverControlSignal channel is a channel that will be used to notify gnmi server to start, stop, restart, depending of syscall or cert updates
 	var serverControlSignal = make(chan ServerControlValue, 1)