diff --git a/jni/Android.mk b/jni/Android.mk
index 0ae994c96..a6368ae2a 100644
--- a/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/jni/Android.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ SHAREDIR_MACRO                := nativeShare
 
 LOCAL_MODULE                  := NativeFormats-v1
 LOCAL_CFLAGS                  := -Wall -DBASEDIR=\"$(SHAREDIR_MACRO)\"
-LOCAL_LDLIBS                  := -lz
+LOCAL_LDLIBS                  := -lz -llog
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES        := expat
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES               := \
diff --git a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp
index 38ce92b11..16d339970 100644
--- a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp
+++ b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 JavaVM *AndroidUtil::ourJavaVM = 0;
 
-const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_java_lang_System = "java/lang/System";
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_java_lang_String = "java/lang/String";
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_java_util_Collection = "java/util/Collection";
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_java_util_Locale = "java/util/Locale";
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_Book = "org/geometerplus/fbreader/library/
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_Tag = "org/geometerplus/fbreader/library/Tag";
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_NativeBookModel = "org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/NativeBookModel";
 
-jobject AndroidUtil::OBJECT_java_lang_System_err;
-
 jmethodID AndroidUtil::MID_java_lang_String_toLowerCase;
 jmethodID AndroidUtil::MID_java_lang_String_toUpperCase;
 
@@ -105,12 +102,6 @@ bool AndroidUtil::init(JavaVM* jvm) {
 	JNIEnv *env = getEnv();
 	jclass cls;
 
-	CHECK_NULL( cls = env->FindClass(Class_java_lang_System) );
-	jfieldID field;
-	CHECK_NULL( field = env->GetStaticFieldID(cls, "err", "Ljava/io/PrintStream;") );
-	CHECK_NULL( OBJECT_java_lang_System_err = env->GetStaticObjectField(cls, field) );
-	env->DeleteLocalRef(cls);
-
 	CHECK_NULL( cls = env->FindClass(Class_java_lang_String) );
 	CHECK_NULL( MID_java_lang_String_toLowerCase = env->GetMethodID(cls, "toLowerCase", "()Ljava/lang/String;") );
 	CHECK_NULL( MID_java_lang_String_toUpperCase = env->GetMethodID(cls, "toUpperCase", "()Ljava/lang/String;") );
diff --git a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h
index 7864aefba..75f871c9d 100644
--- a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h
+++ b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ private:
 	static JavaVM *ourJavaVM;
 
 public:
-	static const char * const Class_java_lang_System;
 	static const char * const Class_java_lang_String;
 	static const char * const Class_java_util_Collection;
 	static const char * const Class_java_util_Locale;
@@ -46,8 +45,6 @@ public:
 	static const char * const Class_Tag;
 	static const char * const Class_NativeBookModel;
 
-	static jobject OBJECT_java_lang_System_err;
-
 	static jmethodID MID_java_lang_String_toLowerCase;
 	static jmethodID MID_java_lang_String_toUpperCase;
 
diff --git a/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/core/src/logger/ZLLogger.cpp b/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/core/src/logger/ZLLogger.cpp
index 44ee030b6..6c1261651 100644
--- a/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/core/src/logger/ZLLogger.cpp
+++ b/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/core/src/logger/ZLLogger.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
-#include <AndroidUtil.h>
+#include <android/log.h>
 
 #include "ZLLogger.h"
 
@@ -25,17 +25,6 @@ const std::string ZLLogger::DEFAULT_CLASS;
 
 ZLLogger *ZLLogger::ourInstance = 0;
 
-static void printInternal(const std::string &message) {
-	JNIEnv *env = AndroidUtil::getEnv();
-	jstring javaMessage = AndroidUtil::createJavaString(env, message);
-	env->CallVoidMethod(
-		AndroidUtil::OBJECT_java_lang_System_err,
-		AndroidUtil::MID_java_io_PrintStream_println,
-		javaMessage
-	);
-	env->DeleteLocalRef(javaMessage);
-}
-
 ZLLogger &ZLLogger::Instance() {
 	if (ourInstance == 0) {
 		ourInstance = new ZLLogger();
@@ -52,13 +41,10 @@ void ZLLogger::registerClass(const std::string &className) {
 
 void ZLLogger::print(const std::string &className, const std::string &message) const {
 	if (className == DEFAULT_CLASS) {
-		printInternal(message);
+		__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "ZLLogger", message.c_str());
 	} else {
-		std::set<std::string>::const_iterator it =
-			myRegisteredClasses.find(className);
-
-		if (it != myRegisteredClasses.end()) {
-			printInternal(className + ": " + message);
+		if (myRegisteredClasses.find(className) != myRegisteredClasses.end()) {
+			__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, className.c_str(), message.c_str());
 		}
 	}
 }