diff --git a/Cantera/cxx/include/Cantera.h b/Cantera/cxx/include/Cantera.h
index 346510028..29901ab77 100755
--- a/Cantera/cxx/include/Cantera.h
+++ b/Cantera/cxx/include/Cantera.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ using namespace std;
 //
 #include "kernel/importCTML.h"
 
+// The Cantera logger class
+#include "kernel/logger.h"
+
 using namespace Cantera;
 
 #endif