diff --git a/doc/program_flow b/doc/program_flow
index e987e4a..f7eb26c 100644
--- a/doc/program_flow
+++ b/doc/program_flow
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ libpseudo execution flow:
 	pseudo_wrappers.c: (constructor) _libpseudo_init()
 		pseudo_util.c: pseudo_init_util()
 			copy environment
-			setup PSEUDO_DEBUG levels
+			setup PSEUDO_DEBUG, PSEUDO_EVLOG and PSEUDO_SEVERITY flags
 		pseudo_wrappers.c: pseudo_init_wrappers()
 			setup pseudo_functions
-			setup pseudo_logfile
+			setup log files (PSEUDO_DEBUG_FILE, PSEUDO_EVLOG_FILE)
 		pseudo_client.c: pseudo_init_client()
 			setup PSEUDO_DISABLED
 			setup pseudo_localstate_dir_fd
diff --git a/pseudo.h b/pseudo.h
index 13249bf..6a7339b 100644
--- a/pseudo.h
+++ b/pseudo.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ extern char *pseudo_get_bindir(void);
 extern char *pseudo_get_libdir(void);
 extern char *pseudo_get_localstatedir(void);
 extern int pseudo_debug_logfile(char *defname, int prefer_fd);
+extern int pseudo_evlog_logfile(char *defname, int prefer_fd);
 extern ssize_t pseudo_sys_path_max(void);
 extern ssize_t pseudo_path_max(void);
 #define PSEUDO_PWD_MAX 4096
diff --git a/pseudo_client.c b/pseudo_client.c
index bbe0829..58e8810 100644
--- a/pseudo_client.c
+++ b/pseudo_client.c
@@ -2152,8 +2152,13 @@ pseudo_client_op(pseudo_op_t op, int access, int fd, int dirfd, const char *path
 				if (connect_fd == -1) {
 					pseudo_error("tried to close connection, couldn't dup: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 				}
-			} else if (fd == pseudo_util_debug_fd) {
-				pseudo_util_debug_fd = pseudo_fd(fd, COPY_FD);
+			} else if (fd == pseudo_util_debug_fd || fd == pseudo_util_evlog_fd) {
+				/* both are stderr by default */
+				int newfd = pseudo_fd(fd, COPY_FD);
+				if (fd == pseudo_util_debug_fd)
+					pseudo_util_debug_fd = newfd;
+				if (fd == pseudo_util_evlog_fd)
+					pseudo_util_evlog_fd = newfd;
 			} else if (fd == pseudo_localstate_dir_fd) {
 				pseudo_localstate_dir_fd = pseudo_fd(fd, COPY_FD);
 			} else if (fd == pseudo_pathlock_fd) {
diff --git a/pseudo_util.c b/pseudo_util.c
index e0d7306..1e29ba5 100644
--- a/pseudo_util.c
+++ b/pseudo_util.c
@@ -1738,7 +1738,6 @@ pseudo_logfile(char *filename, char *defname, int prefer_fd) {
 				fd = newfd;
 			}
 		}
-		pseudo_util_debug_fd = fd;
 	}
 	free(pseudo_path);
 	return fd;
diff --git a/pseudo_wrappers.c b/pseudo_wrappers.c
index d073b1e..a4e9015 100644
--- a/pseudo_wrappers.c
+++ b/pseudo_wrappers.c
@@ -183,9 +183,10 @@ pseudo_init_wrappers(void) {
 	pseudo_real_execv = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "execv");
 
 	/* Once the wrappers are setup, we can now use open... so
-	 * setup the logfile, if necessary...
+	 * setup the logfiles, if necessary...
 	 */
 	pseudo_debug_logfile(NULL, -1);
+	pseudo_evlog_logfile(NULL, -1);
 
 	pseudo_magic();
 	pseudo_droplock();