diff --git a/packager/app/mpd_generator.cc b/packager/app/mpd_generator.cc
index 1b6b50b2b9..b619435b85 100644
--- a/packager/app/mpd_generator.cc
+++ b/packager/app/mpd_generator.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "packager/mpd/util/mpd_writer.h"
 #include "packager/tools/license_notice.h"
 #include "packager/version/version.h"
+#include "vlog_flags.h"
 
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
 #include <codecvt>
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ int MpdMain(int argc, char** argv) {
     return status;
   }
 
+  register_flags_with_glog();
+
   if (!absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_test_packager_version).empty())
     SetPackagerVersionForTesting(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_test_packager_version));
 
diff --git a/packager/app/packager_main.cc b/packager/app/packager_main.cc
index 9c6004234c..0030e820f8 100644
--- a/packager/app/packager_main.cc
+++ b/packager/app/packager_main.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "packager/tools/license_notice.h"
 #include "packager/utils/string_trim_split.h"
 #include "retired_flags.h"
+#include "vlog_flags.h"
 
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
 #include <codecvt>
@@ -555,6 +556,8 @@ int PackagerMain(int argc, char** argv) {
   if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_quiet))
     google::SetStderrLogging(google::GLOG_WARNING);
 
+  register_flags_with_glog();
+
   if (!ValidateWidevineCryptoFlags() || !ValidateRawKeyCryptoFlags() ||
       !ValidatePRCryptoFlags() || !ValidateCryptoFlags() ||
       !ValidateRetiredFlags()) {
diff --git a/packager/app/vlog_flags.cc b/packager/app/vlog_flags.cc
index 11c700f32d..496f2a9fd6 100644
--- a/packager/app/vlog_flags.cc
+++ b/packager/app/vlog_flags.cc
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 // Defines verbose logging flags.
 
 #include "packager/app/vlog_flags.h"
+#include "absl/strings/numbers.h"
+#include "packager/kv_pairs/kv_pairs.h"
 
 ABSL_FLAG(int32_t,
           v,
           0,
           "Show all VLOG(m) or DVLOG(m) messages for m <= this. "
           "Overridable by --vmodule.");
+
 ABSL_FLAG(
     std::string,
     vmodule,
@@ -26,3 +29,41 @@ ABSL_FLAG(
     "? and * in the glob pattern match any single or sequence of characters "
     "respectively including slashes. "
     "<log level> overrides any value given by --v.");
+
+// logging.h defines FLAGS_v and FLAGS_vmodule in terms of the gflags library,
+// which we do not use.  Here we use macros to rename those symbols to avoid a
+// conflict with the flags we defined above using absl.  When we switch from
+// glog to absl::logging, this workaround should be removed.
+#define FLAGS_v GLOG_FLAGS_v
+#define FLAGS_vmodule GLOG_FLAGS_vmodule
+#include <glog/logging.h>
+#undef FLAGS_vmodule
+#undef FLAGS_v
+
+namespace shaka {
+
+void register_flags_with_glog() {
+  auto vlog_level = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_v);
+  if (vlog_level != 0) {
+    google::SetVLOGLevel("*", vlog_level);
+  }
+
+  std::string vmodule_patterns = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_vmodule);
+  if (!vmodule_patterns.empty()) {
+    std::vector<KVPair> patterns =
+        SplitStringIntoKeyValuePairs(vmodule_patterns, '=', ',');
+    int pattern_vlevel;
+
+    for (const auto& pattern : patterns) {
+      if (!::absl::SimpleAtoi(pattern.second, &pattern_vlevel)) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Error parsing log level for '" << pattern.first
+                   << "' from '" << pattern.second << "'";
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      google::SetVLOGLevel(pattern.first.c_str(), pattern_vlevel);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace shaka
diff --git a/packager/app/vlog_flags.h b/packager/app/vlog_flags.h
index 7a430ce4da..66c8008ca2 100644
--- a/packager/app/vlog_flags.h
+++ b/packager/app/vlog_flags.h
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 #include <absl/flags/declare.h>
 #include <absl/flags/flag.h>
 
-// ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(int32_t, v);
-// ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(std::string, vmodule);
+namespace shaka {
+void register_flags_with_glog();
+}
 
 #endif  // APP_VLOG_FLAGS_H_