diff --git a/socketio/server.py b/socketio/server.py
index 1b57b5a3..e4b1aa53 100644
--- a/socketio/server.py
+++ b/socketio/server.py
@@ -85,12 +85,14 @@ def __init__(self, client_manager_class=None, logger=False, binary=False,
         if not isinstance(logger, bool):
             self.logger = logger
         else:
-            logging.basicConfig()
             self.logger = logging.getLogger('socketio')
-            if logger:
-                self.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-            else:
-                self.logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+            if not logging.root.handlers and \
+                    self.logger.level == logging.NOTSET:
+                if logger:
+                    self.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+                else:
+                    self.logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+                self.logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 
     def on(self, event, handler=None, namespace=None):
         """Register an event handler.
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index 34ac61a2..31c33246 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -361,8 +361,13 @@ def test_disconnect_namespace(self, eio):
     def test_logger(self, eio):
         s = server.Server(logger=False)
         self.assertEqual(s.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), logging.ERROR)
+        s.logger.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
         s = server.Server(logger=True)
         self.assertEqual(s.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), logging.INFO)
+        s.logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+        s = server.Server(logger=True)
+        self.assertEqual(s.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), logging.WARNING)
+        s.logger.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
         s = server.Server(logger='foo')
         self.assertEqual(s.logger, 'foo')