diff --git a/app/config/core.php b/app/config/core.php
index cf1a0ab44..1674efd33 100644
--- a/app/config/core.php
+++ b/app/config/core.php
@@ -53,11 +53,16 @@
 /**
  * Configure the Error handler used to handle errors for your application.  By default
  * ErrorHandler::handleError() is used.  It will display errors using Debugger, when debug > 0
- * and log errors with CakeLog when debug = 0.  You can set it to any static method that is built to handle 
- * errors.
+ * and log errors with CakeLog when debug = 0.
+ *
+ * Options:
+ *
+ * - `handler` The callback to handle errors. You can set this to any callback type, including anonymous functions.
+ * - `level` The level of errors you are interested in capturing.
  */
 	Configure::write('Error', array(
 		'handler' => 'ErrorHandler::handleError',
+		'level' => E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED
 	));
 
 /**
diff --git a/cake/libs/configure.php b/cake/libs/configure.php
index 72012e554..bd88c5a18 100644
--- a/cake/libs/configure.php
+++ b/cake/libs/configure.php
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ class Configure {
 			if (!empty(self::$_values['Error']['handler'])) {
 				set_error_handler(self::$_values['Error']['handler']);
 			}
+			if (isset(self::$_values['Error']['level'])) {
+				error_reporting(self::$_values['Error']['level']);
+			}
 			if (!empty(self::$_values['Exception']['handler'])) {
 				set_exception_handler(self::$_values['Exception']['handler']);
 			}
@@ -164,16 +167,13 @@ class Configure {
 		}
 
 		if (isset($config['debug']) || isset($config['log'])) {
-			$reporting = 0;
-			if (self::$_values['debug']) {
-				$reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED;
-				if (function_exists('ini_set')) {
+			if (function_exists('ini_set')) {
+				if (self::$_values['debug']) {
 					ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+				} else {
+					ini_set('display_errors', 0);
 				}
-			} elseif (function_exists('ini_set')) {
-				ini_set('display_errors', 0);
 			}
-			error_reporting($reporting);
 		}
 		return true;
 	}