diff --git a/adafruit_logging.py b/adafruit_logging.py
index 3beed82..6fc37be 100644
--- a/adafruit_logging.py
+++ b/adafruit_logging.py
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ def setLevel(self, value):
         """
         self._level = value
 
+    def getEffectiveLevel(self):
+        """Get the effective level for this logger.
+
+        :return: the lowest level to output
+
+        """
+        return self._level
+
     def addHandler(self, hldr):
         """Sets the handler of this logger to the specified handler.
         *NOTE* this is slightly different from the CPython equivalent which adds