--- a/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t 
         }
     }
 
+    /* TODO: Win32 DuplicateHandle ? */
+    if (dup2(cycle->log->file->fd, STDERR_FILENO) == -1) {
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,
+                      "dup2(STDERR) failed");
+        failed = 1;
+    }
+
+
     if (failed) {
 
         /* rollback the new cycle configuration */
@@ -262,6 +270,7 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t 
         return NULL;
     }
 
+
     /* commit the new cycle configuration */
 
     pool->log = cycle->log;
@@ -438,6 +447,12 @@ void ngx_reopen_files(ngx_cycle_t *cycle
 
         file[i].fd = fd;
     }
+
+    /* TODO: Win32 DuplicateHandle ? */
+    if (dup2(cycle->log->file->fd, STDERR_FILENO) == -1) {
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
+                      "dup2(STDERR) failed");
+    }
 }