diff --git a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal10/settings.ddev.php b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal10/settings.ddev.php
index d547c72d688..97074992941 100644
--- a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal10/settings.ddev.php
+++ b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal10/settings.ddev.php
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@
 $config['symfony_mailer.mailer_transport.sendmail']['configuration']['pass']='';
 $config['symfony_mailer.mailer_transport.sendmail']['configuration']['host']='localhost';
 $config['symfony_mailer.mailer_transport.sendmail']['configuration']['port']='1025';
+
+// Enable verbose logging for errors.
+// https://www.drupal.org/forum/support/post-installation/2018-07-18/enable-drupal-8-backend-errorlogdebugging-mode
+$config['system.logging']['error_level'] = 'verbose';
diff --git a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal7/settings.ddev.php b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal7/settings.ddev.php
index 677bdfd1d51..f2e087c7865 100644
--- a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal7/settings.ddev.php
+++ b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal7/settings.ddev.php
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@
 );
 
 $drupal_hash_salt = '{{ $config.HashSalt }}';
+
+// Enable verbose logging for errors.
+// https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/creating-custom-modules/show-all-errors-while-developing
+$conf['error_level'] = 2;
diff --git a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal8/settings.ddev.php b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal8/settings.ddev.php
index 393f4ba7c9a..014e6d78818 100644
--- a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal8/settings.ddev.php
+++ b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal8/settings.ddev.php
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@
 $config['swiftmailer.transport']['smtp_port'] = '1025';
 $config['swiftmailer.transport']['smtp_encryption'] = '0';
 
+// Enable verbose logging for errors.
+// https://www.drupal.org/forum/support/post-installation/2018-07-18/enable-drupal-8-backend-errorlogdebugging-mode
+$config['system.logging']['error_level'] = 'verbose';
diff --git a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal9/settings.ddev.php b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal9/settings.ddev.php
index ce7556a95e3..3b6ea95306a 100644
--- a/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal9/settings.ddev.php
+++ b/pkg/ddevapp/drupal/drupal9/settings.ddev.php
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@
 $config['swiftmailer.transport']['smtp_host'] = '127.0.0.1';
 $config['swiftmailer.transport']['smtp_port'] = '1025';
 $config['swiftmailer.transport']['smtp_encryption'] = '0';
+
+// Enable verbose logging for errors.
+// https://www.drupal.org/forum/support/post-installation/2018-07-18/enable-drupal-8-backend-errorlogdebugging-mode
+$config['system.logging']['error_level'] = 'verbose';