diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ff62b3ed..8cd685c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Logger defaults to $stderr instead of STDERR [lhartley]
+
 * Use cp -RPp instead of -a in the remote cache strategy
 
 * Make the UploadError exception include an array of the hosts that failed [rob@inversepath.com]
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/logger.rb b/lib/capistrano/logger.rb
index fbd5ee76..52fbd7d5 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/logger.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Capistrano
     MAX_LEVEL = 3
 
     def initialize(options={})
-      output = options[:output] || STDERR
+      output = options[:output] || $stderr
       if output.respond_to?(:puts)
         @device = output
       else