diff --git a/gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.cc b/gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4bc35103008ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace gpu {
+
+std::ostream& Logger::stream() {
+  return std::cerr;
+}
+
+Logger::~Logger() {
+  if (!condition_) {
+    std::cerr << std::endl;
+    std::cerr.flush();
+    if (level_ == FATAL)
+      assert(false);
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace gpu
diff --git a/gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.h b/gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.h
index 6f8c99e5b0e8c5..47d0b4dca4dc05 100644
--- a/gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.h
+++ b/gpu/command_buffer/common/logging.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 
-#include <iostream>
+#include <ostream>
 
 // Windows defines an ERROR macro.
 #ifdef ERROR
@@ -132,19 +132,17 @@ class Logger {
         << y_name << "(" << y << ")) failed. ";
   }
 
-  ~Logger() {
-    if (!condition_) {
-      std::cerr << std::endl;
-      std::cerr.flush();
-      if (level_ == FATAL)
-        assert(false);
-    }
-  }
+  // Retrieves the stream that we write to. This header cannot depend on
+  // <iostream> because that will add static initializers to all files that
+  // include this header.
+  std::ostream& stream();
+
+  ~Logger();
 
   template <typename T>
   Logger& operator<<(const T& value) {
     if (!condition_)
-      std::cerr << value;
+      stream() << value;
     return *this;
   }
 
diff --git a/gpu/gpu.gyp b/gpu/gpu.gyp
index 6acbc8ae8d55e0..436545b497125e 100644
--- a/gpu/gpu.gyp
+++ b/gpu/gpu.gyp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         'command_buffer/common/gles2_cmd_utils.h',
         'command_buffer/common/id_allocator.cc',
         'command_buffer/common/id_allocator.h',
+        'command_buffer/common/logging.cc',
         'command_buffer/common/logging.h',
         'command_buffer/common/thread_local.h',
         'command_buffer/common/types.h',
diff --git a/ppapi/native_client/src/shared/ppapi_proxy/nacl.scons b/ppapi/native_client/src/shared/ppapi_proxy/nacl.scons
index 4b7a433e83a3ad..ee1531b89f525b 100644
--- a/ppapi/native_client/src/shared/ppapi_proxy/nacl.scons
+++ b/ppapi/native_client/src/shared/ppapi_proxy/nacl.scons
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ command_buffer_common_srcs = [
     'command_buffer/common/cmd_buffer_common.cc',
     'command_buffer/common/gles2_cmd_format.cc',
     'command_buffer/common/gles2_cmd_utils.cc',
+    'command_buffer/common/logging.cc',
+    'command_buffer/common/logging.h',
     ]
 
 command_buffer_client_srcs = [