diff --git a/cbindgen.toml b/cbindgen.toml
index 7a423c51..65133e04 100644
--- a/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/cbindgen.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ exclude = ["MAX_CID_LEN", "MIN_CLIENT_INITIAL_LEN"]
 "TlsConfigSelectMethods" = "quic_tls_config_select_methods_t"
 "TlsConfigSelectorContext" = "quic_tls_config_select_context_t"
 "CongestionControlAlgorithm" = "quic_congestion_control_algorithm"
+"LevelFilter" = "quic_log_level"
 "Http3Connection" = "http3_conn_t"
 "Http3Config" = "http3_config_t"
 "Http3Context" = "http3_context_t"
diff --git a/include/tquic.h b/include/tquic.h
index fb06b7b3..ca184b70 100644
--- a/include/tquic.h
+++ b/include/tquic.h
@@ -911,16 +911,44 @@ int http3_take_priority_update(struct http3_conn_t *conn,
                                          void *argp),
                                void *argp);
 
+/**
+ * An enum representing the available verbosity level filters of the logger.
+ */
+typedef enum quic_log_level {
+  /**
+   * A level lower than all log levels.
+   */
+  QUIC_LOG_LEVEL_OFF,
+  /**
+   * Corresponds to the `Error` log level.
+   */
+  QUIC_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
+  /**
+   * Corresponds to the `Warn` log level.
+   */
+  QUIC_LOG_LEVEL_WARN,
+  /**
+   * Corresponds to the `Info` log level.
+   */
+  QUIC_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+  /**
+   * Corresponds to the `Debug` log level.
+   */
+  QUIC_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
+  /**
+   * Corresponds to the `Trace` log level.
+   */
+  QUIC_LOG_LEVEL_TRACE,
+} quic_log_level;
+
 /**
  * Set logger.
  * `cb` is a callback function that will be called for each log message.
  * `line` is a null-terminated log message and `argp` is user-defined data that will be passed to
  * the callback.
- * `level` is the log level filter, valid values are "OFF", "ERROR", "WARN", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE".
+ * `level` represents the log level.
  */
-int quic_set_logger(void (*cb)(const uint8_t *line, void *argp),
-                    void *argp,
-                    const char *level);
+void quic_set_logger(void (*cb)(const uint8_t *line, void *argp), void *argp, quic_log_level level);
 
 typedef enum http3_error {
     HTTP3_NO_ERROR = 0,
diff --git a/src/ffi.rs b/src/ffi.rs
index 1e1c5a59..0c17d263 100644
--- a/src/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/ffi.rs
@@ -1651,30 +1651,17 @@ fn headers_from_ptr<'a>(ptr: *const Header, len: size_t) -> Vec<h3::HeaderRef<'a
 /// `cb` is a callback function that will be called for each log message.
 /// `line` is a null-terminated log message and `argp` is user-defined data that will be passed to
 /// the callback.
-/// `level` is the log level filter, valid values are "OFF", "ERROR", "WARN", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE".
+/// `level` represents the log level.
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn quic_set_logger(
     cb: extern "C" fn(line: *const u8, argp: *mut c_void),
     argp: *mut c_void,
-    level: *const c_char,
-) -> c_int {
+    level: log::LevelFilter,
+) {
     let argp = atomic::AtomicPtr::new(argp);
     let logger = Box::new(Logger { cb, argp });
-
-    if log::set_boxed_logger(logger).is_err() {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if level.is_null() {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    let level = unsafe { ffi::CStr::from_ptr(level).to_str().unwrap_or_default() };
-    if let Ok(level_filter) = log::LevelFilter::from_str(level) {
-        log::set_max_level(level_filter);
-    }
-
-    0
+    let _ = log::set_boxed_logger(logger);
+    log::set_max_level(level);
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]