diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 182d8f6bacad..bffdf0fb5859 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17552,6 +17552,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rococo-runtime",
  "rusty-fork",
  "sc-sysinfo",
+ "sc-tracing",
  "slotmap",
  "sp-core 28.0.0",
  "sp-maybe-compressed-blob 11.0.0",
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml
index a9f97c308f26..37d5878ea597 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ polkadot-node-primitives = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 polkadot-node-subsystem = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 polkadot-primitives = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 
+sc-tracing = { workspace = true }
 sp-core = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 sp-maybe-compressed-blob = { optional = true, workspace = true, default-features = true }
 polkadot-node-core-pvf-prepare-worker = { optional = true, workspace = true, default-features = true }
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/worker_interface.rs b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/worker_interface.rs
index e63778d4692f..f279fbb53544 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/worker_interface.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/worker_interface.rs
@@ -237,10 +237,8 @@ impl WorkerHandle {
 		// Clear all env vars from the spawned process.
 		let mut command = process::Command::new(program.as_ref());
 		command.env_clear();
-		// Add back any env vars we want to keep.
-		if let Ok(value) = std::env::var("RUST_LOG") {
-			command.env("RUST_LOG", value);
-		}
+
+		command.env("RUST_LOG", sc_tracing::logging::get_directives().join(","));
 
 		let mut child = command
 			.args(extra_args)
diff --git a/substrate/client/tracing/src/logging/directives.rs b/substrate/client/tracing/src/logging/directives.rs
index a99e9c4c8909..811511bb20f5 100644
--- a/substrate/client/tracing/src/logging/directives.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/tracing/src/logging/directives.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub(crate) fn add_default_directives(directives: &str) {
 	add_directives(directives);
 }
 
-/// Add directives to current directives
+/// Add directives to current directives.
 pub fn add_directives(directives: &str) {
 	CURRENT_DIRECTIVES
 		.get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(Vec::new()))
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ pub fn add_directives(directives: &str) {
 		.push(directives.to_owned());
 }
 
+/// Returns the current directives.
+pub fn get_directives() -> Vec<String> {
+	CURRENT_DIRECTIVES.get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(Vec::new())).lock().clone()
+}
+
 /// Parse `Directive` and add to default directives if successful.
 ///
 /// Ensures the supplied directive will be restored when resetting the log filter.