diff --git a/pungi/gather_dnf.py b/pungi/gather_dnf.py
index 7e0c30fb..26755a9a 100644
--- a/pungi/gather_dnf.py
+++ b/pungi/gather_dnf.py
@@ -142,10 +142,16 @@ class Gather(GatherBase):
         super(Gather, self).__init__(dnf_obj)
         self.logger = logger
         if not self.logger:
-            # Default logger
+            # default logger
             self.logger = logging.getLogger("gather_dnf")
             self.logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
+            # default logging handler
+            handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+            handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s [%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s", datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
+            handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            self.logger.addHandler(handler)
+
         self.opts = gather_options
         self.logger.debug("Gather received gather_options=%s" % gather_options.__dict__)
         self._multilib = pungi.multilib_dnf.Multilib(self.dnf._sack, gather_options.multilib_methods, blacklist=self.opts.multilib_blacklist, whitelist=self.opts.multilib_whitelist)