diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index 60baeeb9b1..94481eecff 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -4482,7 +4482,6 @@ static void asterisk_daemon(int isroot, const char *runuser, const char *rungrou
 	check_init(ast_format_cache_init(), "Format Cache");
 	check_init(ast_codec_builtin_init(), "Built-in Codecs");
 	check_init(aco_init(), "Configuration Option Framework");
-	check_init(init_logger(), "Logger");
 	check_init(ast_bucket_init(), "Bucket API");
 	check_init(stasis_init(), "Stasis");
 	check_init(ast_stasis_system_init(), "Stasis system-level information");
@@ -4512,6 +4511,7 @@ static void asterisk_daemon(int isroot, const char *runuser, const char *rungrou
 
 	threadstorage_init();
 
+	check_init(init_logger(), "Logger");
 	check_init(ast_rtp_engine_init(), "RTP Engine");
 
 	ast_autoservice_init();
diff --git a/main/logger.c b/main/logger.c
index db3d7a730a..315de9f231 100644
--- a/main/logger.c
+++ b/main/logger.c
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ static void make_components(struct logchannel *chan)
 		 * with calculating the ast_verb_sys_level value.
 		 */
 		chan->verbosity = -1;
+		logmask |= (1 << __LOG_VERBOSE);
 	} else {
 		chan->verbosity = verb_level;
 	}
@@ -663,7 +664,8 @@ static int init_logger_chain(const char *altconf)
 			return -1;
 		}
 		chan->type = LOGTYPE_CONSOLE;
-		chan->logmask = (1 << __LOG_WARNING) | (1 << __LOG_NOTICE) | (1 << __LOG_ERROR);
+		chan->logmask = (1 << __LOG_WARNING) | (1 << __LOG_NOTICE) | (1 << __LOG_ERROR)
+			| (1 << __LOG_VERBOSE);
 		memcpy(&chan->formatter, &logformatter_default, sizeof(chan->formatter));
 
 		AST_RWLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&logchannels, chan, list);