diff --git a/cmd/draino/draino.go b/cmd/draino/draino.go
index ba40bcc7..57658b3d 100644
--- a/cmd/draino/draino.go
+++ b/cmd/draino/draino.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
+	"k8s.io/klog"
 
 	"github.com/planetlabs/draino/internal/kubernetes"
 )
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ func main() {
 	)
 	kingpin.MustParse(app.Parse(os.Args[1:]))
 
+	// this is required to make all packages using klog write to stderr instead of tmp files
+	klog.InitFlags(nil)
+
 	var (
 		nodesCordoned = &view.View{
 			Name:        "cordoned_nodes_total",