diff --git a/avro/maxavrocheck.c b/avro/maxavrocheck.c
index 3d65f9776..e5951f3d2 100644
--- a/avro/maxavrocheck.c
+++ b/avro/maxavrocheck.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
+#include <maxscale/log.h>
+
 static int verbose = 0;
 static uint64_t seekto = 0;
 static int64_t num_rows = -1;
@@ -136,6 +138,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if (!mxs_log_init(NULL, NULL, MXS_LOG_TARGET_STDOUT))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize log.\n");
+        return 2;
+    }
+
     char c;
     int option_index;