diff --git a/coolamqp/backends/pyamqp.py b/coolamqp/backends/pyamqp.py
index c7b54d497b0814c6635550d063215740ee08ddaf..4ed88094c968f3f4ca8cfb8c16e9d7b91caf226a 100644
--- a/coolamqp/backends/pyamqp.py
+++ b/coolamqp/backends/pyamqp.py
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 import amqp
 import socket
 import functools
+import logging
 from .base import AMQPBackend, RemoteAMQPError, ConnectionFailedError
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def translate_exceptions(fun):
     """Translates pyamqp's exceptions to CoolAMQP's"""