diff --git a/base/logging.jl b/base/logging.jl
index 066523771f5fb..2404c1107e58c 100644
--- a/base/logging.jl
+++ b/base/logging.jl
@@ -611,21 +611,25 @@ attached to the task.
 """
 current_logger() = current_logstate().logger
 
+const closed_stream = IOBuffer(UInt8[])
+close(closed_stream)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SimpleLogger
 """
-    SimpleLogger(stream=stderr, min_level=Info)
+    SimpleLogger([stream,] min_level=Info)
 
 Simplistic logger for logging all messages with level greater than or equal to
-`min_level` to `stream`.
+`min_level` to `stream`. If stream is closed then messages with log level
+greater or equal to `Warn` will be logged to `stderr` and below to `stdout`.
 """
 struct SimpleLogger <: AbstractLogger
     stream::IO
     min_level::LogLevel
     message_limits::Dict{Any,Int}
 end
-SimpleLogger(stream::IO=stderr, level=Info) = SimpleLogger(stream, level, Dict{Any,Int}())
+SimpleLogger(stream::IO, level=Info) = SimpleLogger(stream, level, Dict{Any,Int}())
+SimpleLogger(level=Info) = SimpleLogger(closed_stream, level)
 
 shouldlog(logger::SimpleLogger, level, _module, group, id) =
     get(logger.message_limits, id, 1) > 0
@@ -644,7 +648,11 @@ function handle_message(logger::SimpleLogger, level::LogLevel, message, _module,
         remaining > 0 || return
     end
     buf = IOBuffer()
-    iob = IOContext(buf, logger.stream)
+    stream = logger.stream
+    if !isopen(stream)
+        stream = level < Warn ? stdout : stderr
+    end
+    iob = IOContext(buf, stream)
     levelstr = level == Warn ? "Warning" : string(level)
     msglines = split(chomp(string(message)::String), '\n')
     println(iob, "┌ ", levelstr, ": ", msglines[1])
@@ -656,10 +664,10 @@ function handle_message(logger::SimpleLogger, level::LogLevel, message, _module,
         println(iob, "│   ", key, " = ", val)
     end
     println(iob, "└ @ ", _module, " ", filepath, ":", line)
-    write(logger.stream, take!(buf))
+    write(stream, take!(buf))
     nothing
 end
 
-_global_logstate = LogState(SimpleLogger(Core.stderr, CoreLogging.Info))
+_global_logstate = LogState(SimpleLogger())
 
 end # CoreLogging
diff --git a/stdlib/Logging/src/ConsoleLogger.jl b/stdlib/Logging/src/ConsoleLogger.jl
index 2a96b08eb5ed2..04c56c6dbfaae 100644
--- a/stdlib/Logging/src/ConsoleLogger.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Logging/src/ConsoleLogger.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
 """
-    ConsoleLogger(stream=stderr, min_level=Info; meta_formatter=default_metafmt,
+    ConsoleLogger([stream,] min_level=Info; meta_formatter=default_metafmt,
                   show_limited=true, right_justify=0)
 
 Logger with formatting optimized for readability in a text console, for example
@@ -30,12 +30,19 @@ struct ConsoleLogger <: AbstractLogger
     right_justify::Int
     message_limits::Dict{Any,Int}
 end
-function ConsoleLogger(stream::IO=stderr, min_level=Info;
+function ConsoleLogger(stream::IO, min_level=Info;
                        meta_formatter=default_metafmt, show_limited=true,
                        right_justify=0)
     ConsoleLogger(stream, min_level, meta_formatter,
                   show_limited, right_justify, Dict{Any,Int}())
 end
+function ConsoleLogger(min_level=Info;
+                       meta_formatter=default_metafmt, show_limited=true,
+                       right_justify=0)
+    ConsoleLogger(closed_stream, min_level, meta_formatter,
+                  show_limited, right_justify, Dict{Any,Int}())
+end
+
 
 shouldlog(logger::ConsoleLogger, level, _module, group, id) =
     get(logger.message_limits, id, 1) > 0
@@ -110,12 +117,16 @@ function handle_message(logger::ConsoleLogger, level::LogLevel, message, _module
     # Generate a text representation of the message and all key value pairs,
     # split into lines.
     msglines = [(indent=0, msg=l) for l in split(chomp(string(message)::String), '\n')]
-    dsize = displaysize(logger.stream)::Tuple{Int,Int}
+    stream = logger.stream
+    if !isopen(stream)
+        stream = level < Warn ? stdout : stderr
+    end
+    dsize = displaysize(stream)::Tuple{Int,Int}
     nkwargs = length(kwargs)::Int
     if nkwargs > hasmaxlog
         valbuf = IOBuffer()
         rows_per_value = max(1, dsize[1] ÷ (nkwargs + 1 - hasmaxlog))
-        valio = IOContext(IOContext(valbuf, logger.stream),
+        valio = IOContext(IOContext(valbuf, stream),
                           :displaysize => (rows_per_value, dsize[2] - 5),
                           :limit => logger.show_limited)
         for (key, val) in kwargs
@@ -136,7 +147,7 @@ function handle_message(logger::ConsoleLogger, level::LogLevel, message, _module
     color, prefix, suffix = logger.meta_formatter(level, _module, group, id, filepath, line)::Tuple{Union{Symbol,Int},String,String}
     minsuffixpad = 2
     buf = IOBuffer()
-    iob = IOContext(buf, logger.stream)
+    iob = IOContext(buf, stream)
     nonpadwidth = 2 + (isempty(prefix) || length(msglines) > 1 ? 0 : length(prefix)+1) +
                   msglines[end].indent + termlength(msglines[end].msg) +
                   (isempty(suffix) ? 0 : length(suffix)+minsuffixpad)
@@ -164,6 +175,6 @@ function handle_message(logger::ConsoleLogger, level::LogLevel, message, _module
         println(iob)
     end
 
-    write(logger.stream, take!(buf))
+    write(stream, take!(buf))
     nothing
 end
diff --git a/stdlib/Logging/src/Logging.jl b/stdlib/Logging/src/Logging.jl
index b44b8ae67473c..a9d86d9bd4418 100644
--- a/stdlib/Logging/src/Logging.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Logging/src/Logging.jl
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ for sym in [
     @eval const $sym = Base.CoreLogging.$sym
 end
 
+using Base.CoreLogging:
+    closed_stream
+
 export
     AbstractLogger,
     LogLevel,
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ include("ConsoleLogger.jl")
 #  handle_message, shouldlog, min_enabled_level, catch_exceptions,
 
 function __init__()
-    global_logger(ConsoleLogger(stderr))
+    global_logger(ConsoleLogger())
 end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/corelogging.jl b/test/corelogging.jl
index 89f69be438810..698209661456b 100644
--- a/test/corelogging.jl
+++ b/test/corelogging.jl
@@ -341,15 +341,43 @@ end
         String(take!(io))
     end
 
+    function genmsg_out(level, message, _module, filepath, line; kws...)
+        fname = tempname()
+        f = open(fname, "w")
+        logger = SimpleLogger()
+        redirect_stdout(f) do
+            handle_message(logger, level, message, _module, :group, :id,
+                           filepath, line; kws...)
+        end
+        close(f)
+        buf = read(fname)
+        rm(fname)
+        String(buf)
+    end
+
+    function genmsg_err(level, message, _module, filepath, line; kws...)
+        fname = tempname()
+        f = open(fname, "w")
+        logger = SimpleLogger()
+        redirect_stderr(f) do
+            handle_message(logger, level, message, _module, :group, :id,
+                           filepath, line; kws...)
+        end
+        close(f)
+        buf = read(fname)
+        rm(fname)
+        String(buf)
+    end
+
     # Simple
-    @test genmsg(Info, "msg", Main, "some/path.jl", 101) ==
+    @test genmsg_out(Info, "msg", Main, "some/path.jl", 101) ==
     """
     ┌ Info: msg
     └ @ Main some/path.jl:101
     """
 
     # Multiline message
-    @test genmsg(Warn, "line1\nline2", Main, "some/path.jl", 101) ==
+    @test genmsg_err(Warn, "line1\nline2", Main, "some/path.jl", 101) ==
     """
     ┌ Warning: line1
     │ line2