diff --git a/include/rebar.hrl b/include/rebar.hrl
index 58debfc..b19fdd3 100644
--- a/include/rebar.hrl
+++ b/include/rebar.hrl
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 -define(DEBUG(Str, Args), rebar_log:log(debug, Str, Args)).
 -define(INFO(Str, Args), rebar_log:log(info, Str, Args)).
 -define(WARN(Str, Args), rebar_log:log(warn, Str, Args)).
--define(ERROR(Str, Args), rebar_log:log(error, Str, Args)).
+-define(ERROR(Str, Args), rebar_log:log(standard_error, error, Str, Args)).
 
 -define(FMT(Str, Args), lists:flatten(io_lib:format(Str, Args))).
diff --git a/src/rebar_log.erl b/src/rebar_log.erl
index 300a615..8be090b 100644
--- a/src/rebar_log.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_log.erl
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
          set_level/1,
          error_level/0,
          default_level/0,
-         log/3]).
+         log/3,
+         log/4]).
 
 -define(ERROR_LEVEL, 0).
 -define(WARN_LEVEL,  1).
@@ -54,10 +55,13 @@ set_level(Level) ->
     ok = application:set_env(rebar, log_level, Level).
 
 log(Level, Str, Args) ->
+    log(standard_io, Level, Str, Args).
+
+log(Device, Level, Str, Args) ->
     {ok, LogLevel} = application:get_env(rebar, log_level),
     case should_log(LogLevel, Level) of
         true ->
-            io:format(log_prefix(Level) ++ Str, Args);
+            io:format(Device, log_prefix(Level) ++ Str, Args);
         false ->
             ok
     end.