diff --git a/util/cmd/glog.go b/util/cmd/glog.go
index 6fd5e49d2dee..b0f844b425e8 100644
--- a/util/cmd/glog.go
+++ b/util/cmd/glog.go
@@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ func SetGLogLevel(glogLevel int) {
 	_ = flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	_ = flag.Set("v", strconv.Itoa(glogLevel))
 }
+
+func GetGLogLevel() string {
+	f := flag.Lookup("v")
+	if f == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return f.Value.String()
+}
diff --git a/workflow/controller/agent.go b/workflow/controller/agent.go
index 4c94329f9e13..d2a3a0587897 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/agent.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/agent.go
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ func (woc *wfOperationCtx) createAgentPod(ctx context.Context) (*apiv1.Pod, erro
 	// the `init` container populates the shared empty-dir volume with tokens
 	agentInitCtr := agentCtrTemplate.DeepCopy()
 	agentInitCtr.Name = common.InitContainerName
-	agentInitCtr.Args = []string{"agent", "init", "--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel()}
+	agentInitCtr.Args = append([]string{"agent", "init"}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...)
 	// the `main` container runs the actual work
 	agentMainCtr := agentCtrTemplate.DeepCopy()
 	agentMainCtr.Name = common.MainContainerName
-	agentMainCtr.Args = []string{"agent", "main", "--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel()}
+	agentMainCtr.Args = append([]string{"agent", "main"}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...)
 
 	pod := &apiv1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
diff --git a/workflow/controller/artifact_gc.go b/workflow/controller/artifact_gc.go
index cc98a422d7dd..86ff0b634acd 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/artifact_gc.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/artifact_gc.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func (woc *wfOperationCtx) createArtifactGCPod(ctx context.Context, strategy wfv
 					Name:            common.MainContainerName,
 					Image:           woc.controller.executorImage(),
 					ImagePullPolicy: woc.controller.executorImagePullPolicy(),
-					Args:            []string{"artifact", "delete", "--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel()},
+					Args:            append([]string{"artifact", "delete"}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...),
 					Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 						{Name: common.EnvVarArtifactGCPodHash, Value: woc.artifactGCPodLabel(podName)},
 					},
diff --git a/workflow/controller/operator.go b/workflow/controller/operator.go
index 5d71794483f3..247c0f63a149 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/operator.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/operator.go
@@ -3309,7 +3309,7 @@ func (woc *wfOperationCtx) executeResource(ctx context.Context, nodeName string,
 	}
 
 	mainCtr := woc.newExecContainer(common.MainContainerName, tmpl)
-	mainCtr.Command = []string{"argoexec", "resource", tmpl.Resource.Action}
+	mainCtr.Command = append([]string{"argoexec", "resource", tmpl.Resource.Action}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...)
 	_, err = woc.createWorkflowPod(ctx, nodeName, []apiv1.Container{*mainCtr}, tmpl, &createWorkflowPodOpts{onExitPod: opts.onExitTemplate, executionDeadline: opts.executionDeadline})
 	if err != nil {
 		return woc.requeueIfTransientErr(err, node.Name)
@@ -3332,7 +3332,7 @@ func (woc *wfOperationCtx) executeData(ctx context.Context, nodeName string, tem
 	}
 
 	mainCtr := woc.newExecContainer(common.MainContainerName, tmpl)
-	mainCtr.Command = []string{"argoexec", "data", string(dataTemplate)}
+	mainCtr.Command = append([]string{"argoexec", "data", string(dataTemplate)}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...)
 	_, err = woc.createWorkflowPod(ctx, nodeName, []apiv1.Container{*mainCtr}, tmpl, &createWorkflowPodOpts{onExitPod: opts.onExitTemplate, executionDeadline: opts.executionDeadline, includeScriptOutput: true})
 	if err != nil {
 		return woc.requeueIfTransientErr(err, node.Name)
diff --git a/workflow/controller/operator_test.go b/workflow/controller/operator_test.go
index cc5b1b6a58c6..1f05d6be4877 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/operator_test.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/operator_test.go
@@ -3295,11 +3295,9 @@ func TestResolveIOPathPlaceholders(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, len(pods.Items) > 0, "pod was not created successfully")
 
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{
-		"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary",
-		"--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.cliExecutorLogFormat,
+	assert.Equal(t, append(append([]string{"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary"}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...),
 		"--", "sh", "-c", "head -n 3 <\"/inputs/text/data\" | tee \"/outputs/text/data\" | wc -l > \"/outputs/actual-lines-count/data\"",
-	}, pods.Items[0].Spec.Containers[1].Command)
+	), pods.Items[0].Spec.Containers[1].Command)
 }
 
 var outputValuePlaceholders = `
diff --git a/workflow/controller/workflowpod.go b/workflow/controller/workflowpod.go
index 26d27228d075..bec4b960a5ac 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/workflowpod.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/workflowpod.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/errors"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/pkg/apis/workflow"
 	wfv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/pkg/apis/workflow/v1alpha1"
+	cmdutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/util/cmd"
 	errorsutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/util/errors"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/util/intstr"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/util/template"
@@ -392,9 +393,8 @@ func (woc *wfOperationCtx) createWorkflowPod(ctx context.Context, nodeName strin
 					c.Args = x.Cmd
 				}
 			}
-			c.Command = append([]string{common.VarRunArgoPath + "/argoexec", "emissary",
-				"--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.executorLogFormat(),
-				"--"}, c.Command...)
+			execCmd := append(append([]string{common.VarRunArgoPath + "/argoexec", "emissary"}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...), "--")
+			c.Command = append(execCmd, c.Command...)
 		}
 		if c.Image == woc.controller.executorImage() {
 			// mount tmp dir to wait container
@@ -597,18 +597,18 @@ func substitutePodParams(pod *apiv1.Pod, globalParams common.Parameters, tmpl *w
 
 func (woc *wfOperationCtx) newInitContainer(tmpl *wfv1.Template) apiv1.Container {
 	ctr := woc.newExecContainer(common.InitContainerName, tmpl)
-	ctr.Command = []string{"argoexec", "init", "--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.executorLogFormat()}
+	ctr.Command = append([]string{"argoexec", "init"}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...)
 	return *ctr
 }
 
 func (woc *wfOperationCtx) newWaitContainer(tmpl *wfv1.Template) *apiv1.Container {
 	ctr := woc.newExecContainer(common.WaitContainerName, tmpl)
-	ctr.Command = []string{"argoexec", "wait", "--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.executorLogFormat()}
+	ctr.Command = append([]string{"argoexec", "wait"}, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...)
 	return ctr
 }
 
-func getExecutorLogLevel() string {
-	return log.GetLevel().String()
+func (woc *wfOperationCtx) getExecutorLogOpts() []string {
+	return []string{"--loglevel", log.GetLevel().String(), "--log-format", woc.controller.executorLogFormat(), "--gloglevel", cmdutil.GetGLogLevel()}
 }
 
 func (woc *wfOperationCtx) createEnvVars() []apiv1.EnvVar {
diff --git a/workflow/controller/workflowpod_test.go b/workflow/controller/workflowpod_test.go
index 9186f0e0772a..ce36fc6b85ba 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/workflowpod_test.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/workflowpod_test.go
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ func Test_createWorkflowPod_containerName(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, common.MainContainerName, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Name)
 }
 
+var emissaryCmd = []string{"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary"}
+
 func Test_createWorkflowPod_emissary(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("NoCommand", func(t *testing.T) {
 		woc := newWoc()
@@ -658,17 +660,15 @@ func Test_createWorkflowPod_emissary(t *testing.T) {
 		woc := newWoc()
 		pod, err := woc.createWorkflowPod(context.Background(), "", []apiv1.Container{{Command: []string{"foo"}}}, &wfv1.Template{}, &createWorkflowPodOpts{})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, []string{"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary",
-			"--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.cliExecutorLogFormat,
-			"--", "foo"}, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
+		cmd := append(append(emissaryCmd, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...), "--", "foo")
+		assert.Equal(t, cmd, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
 	})
 	t.Run("NoCommandWithImageIndex", func(t *testing.T) {
 		woc := newWoc()
 		pod, err := woc.createWorkflowPod(context.Background(), "", []apiv1.Container{{Image: "my-image"}}, &wfv1.Template{}, &createWorkflowPodOpts{})
 		if assert.NoError(t, err) {
-			assert.Equal(t, []string{"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary",
-				"--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.cliExecutorLogFormat,
-				"--", "my-entrypoint"}, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
+			cmd := append(append(emissaryCmd, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...), "--", "my-entrypoint")
+			assert.Equal(t, cmd, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
 			assert.Equal(t, []string{"my-cmd"}, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Args)
 		}
 	})
@@ -676,9 +676,8 @@ func Test_createWorkflowPod_emissary(t *testing.T) {
 		woc := newWoc()
 		pod, err := woc.createWorkflowPod(context.Background(), "", []apiv1.Container{{Image: "my-image", Args: []string{"foo"}}}, &wfv1.Template{}, &createWorkflowPodOpts{})
 		if assert.NoError(t, err) {
-			assert.Equal(t, []string{"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary",
-				"--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.cliExecutorLogFormat,
-				"--", "my-entrypoint"}, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
+			cmd := append(append(emissaryCmd, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...), "--", "my-entrypoint")
+			assert.Equal(t, cmd, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
 			assert.Equal(t, []string{"foo"}, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Args)
 		}
 	})
@@ -693,9 +692,8 @@ func Test_createWorkflowPod_emissary(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		pod, err := woc.createWorkflowPod(context.Background(), "", []apiv1.Container{{Command: []string{"foo"}}}, &wfv1.Template{PodSpecPatch: string(podSpecPatch)}, &createWorkflowPodOpts{})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, []string{"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary",
-			"--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.cliExecutorLogFormat,
-			"--", "bar"}, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
+		cmd := append(append(emissaryCmd, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...), "--", "bar")
+		assert.Equal(t, cmd, pod.Spec.Containers[1].Command)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -751,9 +749,8 @@ func TestVolumeAndVolumeMounts(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "var-run-argo", wait.VolumeMounts[2].Name)
 			}
 			main := containers[1]
-			assert.Equal(t, []string{"/var/run/argo/argoexec", "emissary",
-				"--loglevel", getExecutorLogLevel(), "--log-format", woc.controller.cliExecutorLogFormat,
-				"--", "cowsay"}, main.Command)
+			cmd := append(append(emissaryCmd, woc.getExecutorLogOpts()...), "--", "cowsay")
+			assert.Equal(t, cmd, main.Command)
 			if assert.Len(t, main.VolumeMounts, 2) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "volume-name", main.VolumeMounts[0].Name)
 				assert.Equal(t, "var-run-argo", main.VolumeMounts[1].Name)