diff --git a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
index 44fdfd53c..cf0678a85 100644
--- a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
+++ b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "util/mutexlock.h"
 #include "util/random.h"
 #include "util/statistics.h"
+#include "util/stderr_logger.h"
 #include "util/string_util.h"
 #include "util/testutil.h"
 #include "util/transaction_test_util.h"
@@ -592,6 +593,9 @@ DEFINE_string(
 DEFINE_bool(report_bg_io_stats, false,
             "Measure times spents on I/Os while in compactions. ");
 
+DEFINE_bool(use_stderr_info_logger, false,
+            "Write info logs to stderr instead of to LOG file. ");
+
 DEFINE_bool(use_blob_db, false, "Whether to use BlobDB. ");
 
 enum rocksdb::CompressionType StringToCompressionType(const char* ctype) {
@@ -2745,6 +2749,9 @@ class Benchmark {
         exit(1);
       }
     }
+    if (FLAGS_use_stderr_info_logger) {
+      options.info_log.reset(new StderrLogger());
+    }
     options.memtable_huge_page_size = FLAGS_memtable_use_huge_page ? 2048 : 0;
     options.memtable_prefix_bloom_size_ratio = FLAGS_memtable_bloom_size_ratio;
     if (FLAGS_memtable_insert_with_hint_prefix_size > 0) {