diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc b/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc
index 9f7aa556988e8ab0ca87d0e7212fe27a209f6a32..e07e9d3825243017159698c1959e626ef3e66dd7 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/init.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ std::once_flag p2p_init_flag;
 
 void InitGflags(std::vector<std::string> argv) {
   std::call_once(gflags_init_flag, [&]() {
+    FLAGS_logtostderr = true;
     argv.insert(argv.begin(), "dummy");
     int argc = argv.size();
     char **arr = new char *[argv.size()];