diff --git a/lib/handlebars/helpers/log.js b/lib/handlebars/helpers/log.js
index ab83604b2..4bde4a10d 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/helpers/log.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/helpers/log.js
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 export default function(instance) {
-  instance.registerHelper('log', function(message, options) {
-    let level = options.data && options.data.level != null ? parseInt(options.data.level, 10) : 1;
-    instance.log(level, message);
+  instance.registerHelper('log', function(/* message, options */) {
+    let args = [undefined],
+        options = arguments[arguments.length - 1];
+    for (let i = 0; i < arguments.length - 1; i++) {
+      args.push(arguments[i]);
+    }
+
+    let level = 1;
+    if (options.hash.level != null) {
+      level = options.hash.level;
+    } else if (options.data && options.data.level != null) {
+      level = options.data.level;
+    }
+    args[0] = level;
+
+    instance.log(... args);
   });
 }
diff --git a/lib/handlebars/logger.js b/lib/handlebars/logger.js
index 823d71599..1d583ddb9 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/logger.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/logger.js
@@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
 let logger = {
-  methodMap: { 0: 'debug', 1: 'info', 2: 'warn', 3: 'error' },
+  methodMap: ['debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error'],
+  level: 'info',
 
-  // State enum
-  DEBUG: 0,
-  INFO: 1,
-  WARN: 2,
-  ERROR: 3,
-  level: 1,
+  // Maps a given level value to the `methodMap` indexes above.
+  lookupLevel: function(level) {
+    if (typeof level === 'string') {
+      let levelMap = logger.methodMap.indexOf(level.toLowerCase());
+      if (levelMap >= 0) {
+        level = levelMap;
+      } else {
+        level = parseInt(level, 10);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return level;
+  },
 
   // Can be overridden in the host environment
-  log: function(level, message) {
-    if (typeof console !== 'undefined' && logger.level <= level) {
+  log: function(level, ...message) {
+    level = logger.lookupLevel(level);
+
+    if (typeof console !== 'undefined' && logger.lookupLevel(logger.level) <= level) {
       let method = logger.methodMap[level];
-      (console[method] || console.log).call(console, message);    // eslint-disable-line no-console
+      if (!console[method]) {   // eslint-disable-line no-console
+        method = 'log';
+      }
+      console[method](...message);    // eslint-disable-line no-console
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/spec/builtins.js b/spec/builtins.js
index e5d923f87..6a02dc627 100644
--- a/spec/builtins.js
+++ b/spec/builtins.js
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ describe('builtin helpers', function() {
       };
 
       shouldCompileTo(string, [hash,,,, {level: '03'}], '');
-      equals(3, levelArg);
+      equals('03', levelArg);
       equals('whee', logArg);
     });
     it('should output to info', function() {
@@ -327,6 +327,66 @@ describe('builtin helpers', function() {
 
       shouldCompileTo(string, [hash,,,, {level: '03'}], '');
     });
+
+    it('should handle string log levels', function() {
+      var string = '{{log blah}}';
+      var hash = { blah: 'whee' };
+      var called;
+
+      console.error = function(log) {
+        equals('whee', log);
+        called = true;
+      };
+
+      shouldCompileTo(string, [hash,,,, {level: 'error'}], '');
+      equals(true, called);
+
+      called = false;
+
+      shouldCompileTo(string, [hash,,,, {level: 'ERROR'}], '');
+      equals(true, called);
+    });
+    it('should handle hash log levels', function() {
+      var string = '{{log blah level="error"}}';
+      var hash = { blah: 'whee' };
+      var called;
+
+      console.error = function(log) {
+        equals('whee', log);
+        called = true;
+      };
+
+      shouldCompileTo(string, hash, '');
+      equals(true, called);
+    });
+    it('should handle hash log levels', function() {
+      var string = '{{log blah level="debug"}}';
+      var hash = { blah: 'whee' };
+      var called = false;
+
+      console.info = console.log = console.error = console.debug = function(log) {
+        equals('whee', log);
+        called = true;
+      };
+
+      shouldCompileTo(string, hash, '');
+      equals(false, called);
+    });
+    it('should pass multiple log arguments', function() {
+      var string = '{{log blah "foo" 1}}';
+      var hash = { blah: 'whee' };
+      var called;
+
+      console.info = console.log = function(log1, log2, log3) {
+        equals('whee', log1);
+        equals('foo', log2);
+        equals(1, log3);
+        called = true;
+      };
+
+      shouldCompileTo(string, hash, '');
+      equals(true, called);
+    });
     /*eslint-enable no-console */
   });