diff --git a/scripts/tripleo-build-images b/scripts/tripleo-build-images
index cac211e70..6f750110e 100755
--- a/scripts/tripleo-build-images
+++ b/scripts/tripleo-build-images
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ _opts = [
 ]
 CONF.register_group(image_opt_group)
 CONF.register_cli_opts(_opts, group=image_opt_group)
+CONF.set_default('use_stderr', True)
 log.setup(CONF, 'build-overcloud-images')
 
 def main(argv=sys.argv):