diff --git a/vllm/logger.py b/vllm/logger.py
index 6c2d1c29c9ede..c3aa2631440ad 100644
--- a/vllm/logger.py
+++ b/vllm/logger.py
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@ def _setup_logger():
 
 
 def init_logger(name: str):
-    return logging.getLogger(name)
+    # Use the same settings as above for root logger
+    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    logger.addHandler(_default_handler)
+    return logger