diff --git a/src/mysqlbackend.cpp b/src/mysqlbackend.cpp
index 1af53c3a430a542831e7eae1fdf9d82edc98b45b..9bb5eaef76679f4d90feaec5b7c6ce8a40ed46d0 100644
--- a/src/mysqlbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/mysqlbackend.cpp
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "transport/mysqlbackend.h"
 #include "transport/util.h"
+#include "transport/logging.h"
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
-#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
-
-using namespace log4cxx;
 
 #define MYSQL_DB_VERSION 2
 #define CHECK_DB_RESPONSE(stmt) \
@@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ using namespace boost;
 
 namespace Transport {
 
-static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("MySQLBackend");
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "MySQLBackend");
 static bool exec_ok;
 
 MySQLBackend::Statement::Statement(MYSQL *conn, const std::string &format, const std::string &statement) {