diff --git a/src/mailman/core/logging.py b/src/mailman/core/logging.py
index f8f87279f..7ff13b003 100644
--- a/src/mailman/core/logging.py
+++ b/src/mailman/core/logging.py
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ def _init_logger(propagate, sub_name, log, logger_config):
         address, facility = _get_syslog_params(logger_config)
         handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(
             address=address, facility=facility)
+    elif logger_config.handler == 'stderr':
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
     else:
         path_str = logger_config.path
         path_abs = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(config.LOG_DIR, path_str))