diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index d0f6ff17..7ed733f3 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.2.2   2016-11-23
+        repmgr: always log to STDERR even if log facility defined (Ian)
+
 3.2.1   2016-10-24
         repmgr: require a valid repmgr cluster name unless -F/--force
           supplied (Ian)
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 8376877a..69bb2f07 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ reload_config(t_configuration_options *orig_options)
 	{
 		log_notice(_("restarting logging with changed parameters\n"));
 		logger_shutdown();
-		logger_init(orig_options, progname());
+		logger_init(orig_options, progname(), false);
 	}
 
 	if (config_changed == true)
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index fd5d7ffb..a498e5f3 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ log_verbose(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 
 bool
-logger_init(t_configuration_options *opts, const char *ident)
+logger_init(t_configuration_options *opts, const char *ident, bool stderr_only)
 {
 	char	   *level = opts->loglevel;
 	char	   *facility = opts->logfacility;
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ logger_init(t_configuration_options *opts, const char *ident)
 			stderr_log_warning(_("Invalid log level \"%s\" (available values: DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING, ERR, ALERT, CRIT or EMERG)\n"), level);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * STDERR only logging requested - finish here without setting up any further
+	 * logging facility.
+	 */
+	if (stderr_only == true)
+		return true;
+
 	if (facility && *facility)
 	{
 
diff --git a/log.h b/log.h
index 58f7b459..23423869 100644
--- a/log.h
+++ b/log.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int			detect_log_level(const char *level);
 
 /* Logger initialisation and shutdown */
 
-bool		logger_init(t_configuration_options * opts, const char *ident);
+bool		logger_init(t_configuration_options * opts, const char *ident, bool stderr_only);
 
 bool		logger_shutdown(void);
 
diff --git a/repmgr.c b/repmgr.c
index 4425671f..f7fe0b53 100644
--- a/repmgr.c
+++ b/repmgr.c
@@ -832,14 +832,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Initialize the logger.  If verbose command line parameter was input,
-	 * make sure that the log level is at least INFO.  This is mainly useful
-	 * for STANDBY CLONE.  That doesn't require a configuration file where a
-	 * logging level might be specified at, but it often requires detailed
-	 * logging to troubleshoot problems.
+	 * Initialize the logger. We'll request STDERR logging only to ensure the
+	 * repmgr command never has its output diverted to a logging facility,
+	 * which makes little sense for a command line program.
 	 */
 
-	logger_init(&options, progname());
+	logger_init(&options, progname(), true);
 
 	if (runtime_options.verbose)
 		logger_set_verbose();
diff --git a/repmgrd.c b/repmgrd.c
index 037d820f..f8beb50b 100644
--- a/repmgrd.c
+++ b/repmgrd.c
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				strerror(errno));
 	}
 
-	logger_init(&local_options, progname());
+	logger_init(&local_options, progname(), false);
+
 	if (verbose)
 		logger_set_verbose();