diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
index 1165f95124f..7e7a4cd5ff6 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def announce (self, msg, level=1):
         """If the current verbosity level is of greater than or equal to
         'level' print 'msg' to stdout.
         """
-        log.debug(msg)
+        log.log(level, msg)
 
     def debug_print (self, msg):
         """Print 'msg' to stdout if the global DEBUG (taken from the