diff --git a/src/microhttpd/daemon.c b/src/microhttpd/daemon.c
index 5c35373d..249e4f6f 100644
--- a/src/microhttpd/daemon.c
+++ b/src/microhttpd/daemon.c
@@ -218,6 +218,19 @@ MHD_check_global_init_ (void)
 }
 #endif /* ! _AUTOINIT_FUNCS_ARE_SUPPORTED */
 
+
+/**
+ * Default logger function
+ */
+static void
+MHD_default_logger_ (void *cls,
+                     const char *fm,
+                     va_list ap)
+{
+  vfprintf ((FILE*)cls, fm, ap);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Trace up to and return master daemon. If the supplied daemon
  * is a master, then return the daemon itself.
@@ -5664,7 +5677,7 @@ MHD_start_daemon_va (unsigned int flags,
   daemon->listen_backlog_size = 511; /* should be safe value */
 #endif /* !SOMAXCONN */
 #ifdef HAVE_MESSAGES
-  daemon->custom_error_log = (MHD_LogCallback) &vfprintf;
+  daemon->custom_error_log = &MHD_default_logger_;
   daemon->custom_error_log_cls = stderr;
 #endif
   if ( (0 != (*pflags & MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION)) &&
diff --git a/src/microhttpd/internal.h b/src/microhttpd/internal.h
index 062cff13..97ac050f 100644
--- a/src/microhttpd/internal.h
+++ b/src/microhttpd/internal.h
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ struct MHD_Daemon
    * Function for logging error messages (if we
    * support error reporting).
    */
-  void (*custom_error_log) (void *cls, const char *fmt, va_list va);
+  MHD_LogCallback custom_error_log;
 
   /**
    * Closure argument to @e custom_error_log.