diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 60d9cec..e10bd92 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -1026,14 +1026,34 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    debug = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        Whether to enable verbose logging for mailserver related services. This
-        intended be used for development purposes only, you probably don't want
-        to enable this unless you're hacking on nixos-mailserver.
-      '';
+    debug = {
+      all = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable verbose logging for all mailserver related services.
+          This intended be used for development purposes only, you probably
+          don't want to enable this unless you're hacking on nixos-mailserver.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      dovecot = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = cfg.debug.all;
+        defaultText = lib.literalExpression "config.mailserver.debug.all";
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable verbose logging for Dovecot.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      rspamd = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = cfg.debug.all;
+        defaultText = lib.literalExpression "config.mailserver.debug.all";
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable verbose logging for Rspamd.
+        '';
+      };
     };
 
     maxConnectionsPerUser = mkOption {
diff --git a/mail-server/dovecot.nix b/mail-server/dovecot.nix
index d2da51b..da9f569 100644
--- a/mail-server/dovecot.nix
+++ b/mail-server/dovecot.nix
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ in
 
       extraConfig = ''
         #Extra Config
-        ${lib.optionalString cfg.debug ''
+        ${lib.optionalString cfg.debug.dovecot ''
           mail_debug = yes
           auth_debug = yes
           verbose_ssl = yes
diff --git a/mail-server/rspamd.nix b/mail-server/rspamd.nix
index 7ed2a0e..257cac7 100644
--- a/mail-server/rspamd.nix
+++ b/mail-server/rspamd.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ in
 
     services.rspamd = {
       enable = true;
-      inherit (cfg) debug;
+      debug = cfg.debug.rspamd;
       locals = {
         "milter_headers.conf" = {
           text = ''
diff --git a/tests/external.nix b/tests/external.nix
index 82abb65..c01f9ac 100644
--- a/tests/external.nix
+++ b/tests/external.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
         mailserver = {
           enable = true;
-          debug = true;
+          debug.dovecot = true; # enabled for sieve script logging
           fqdn = "mail.example.com";
           domains = [
             "example.com"