--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/Logger.java	Mon Nov 05 14:02:04 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/Logger.java	Mon Nov 05 14:40:16 2018 +0100
@@ -35,15 +35,20 @@
 public final class Logger {
 
     private final static int MAX_SIZE = 10000;
+    static {
+        // This will try to initialize the JVM logging system
+        JVMSupport.tryToInitializeJVM();
+    }
+
 
     public static void log(LogTag logTag, LogLevel logLevel, String message) {
-        if (logTag.shouldLog(logLevel.level)) {
+        if (shouldLog(logTag, logLevel)) {
             logInternal(logTag, logLevel, message);
         }
     }
 
     public static void log(LogTag logTag, LogLevel logLevel, Supplier<String> messageSupplier) {
-        if (logTag.shouldLog(logLevel.level)) {
+        if (shouldLog(logTag, logLevel)) {
             logInternal(logTag, logLevel, messageSupplier.get());
         }
     }
@@ -55,4 +60,8 @@
             JVM.log(logTag.id, logLevel.level, message.substring(0, MAX_SIZE));
         }
     }
+
+    public static boolean shouldLog(LogTag tag, LogLevel level) {
+        return level.level >= tag.tagSetLevel;
+    }
 }