diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a6bc4e21..f2425d2f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ ver. 0.8.11 (2013/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-released
      sample logs
   Yaroslav Halchenko
    * fail2ban-regex -- refactored to provide more details (missing and
-     ignored lines, control over logging, etc) while maintaining look&feel.
+     ignored lines, control over logging, etc) while maintaining look&feel
+   * fail2ban-client -- log to standard error
 
 ver. 0.8.10 (2013/06/12) - wanna-be-secure
 -----------
diff --git a/fail2ban-client b/fail2ban-client
index de8519f4..57235d79 100755
--- a/fail2ban-client
+++ b/fail2ban-client
@@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ class Fail2banClient:
 			logSys.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 		else:
 			logSys.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-		# Add the default logging handler
-		stdout = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+		# Add the default logging handler to dump to stderr
+		logout = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
 		# set a format which is simpler for console use
 		formatter = logging.Formatter('%(levelname)-6s %(message)s')
 		# tell the handler to use this format
-		stdout.setFormatter(formatter)
-		logSys.addHandler(stdout)
+		logout.setFormatter(formatter)
+		logSys.addHandler(logout)
 
 		# Set the configuration path
 		self.__configurator.setBaseDir(self.__conf["conf"])