diff --git a/src/logging.c b/src/logging.c
index 4c9d6f3..0d2b6da 100644
--- a/src/logging.c
+++ b/src/logging.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
 struct log_target *log_target_create_stderr(void)
 {
 /* since C89/C99 says stderr is a macro, we can safely do this! */
-#ifdef stderr
+#if !EMBEDDED && defined(stderr)
 	struct log_target *target;
 
 	target = log_target_create();