diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/podofo.cpp b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/podofo.cpp
index b79ca8cfe3..eefe182cec 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/podofo.cpp
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/podofo.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,29 @@ static PyMethodDef podofo_methods[] = {
     {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
 };
 
+class PyLogMessage : public PdfError::LogMessageCallback {
+
+    public:
+        ~PyLogMessage() {}
+
+        void LogMessage(ELogSeverity severity, const char* prefix, const char* msg, va_list & args ) {
+            if (severity > eLogSeverity_Warning) return;
+            if (prefix)
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s", prefix);
+
+            vfprintf(stderr, msg, args);
+        }
+
+        void LogMessage(ELogSeverity severity, const wchar_t* prefix, const wchar_t* msg, va_list & args ) {
+            if (severity > eLogSeverity_Warning) return;
+            if (prefix)
+                fwprintf(stderr, prefix);
+
+            vfwprintf(stderr, msg, args);
+        }
+};
+
+PyLogMessage log_message;
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 initpodofo(void) 
@@ -26,6 +49,9 @@ initpodofo(void)
     pdf::Error = PyErr_NewException((char*)"podofo.Error", NULL, NULL);
     if (pdf::Error == NULL) return;
 
+    PdfError::SetLogMessageCallback((PdfError::LogMessageCallback*)&log_message);
+
+    PdfError::EnableDebug(false);
     m = Py_InitModule3("podofo", podofo_methods,
                        "Wrapper for the PoDoFo PDF library");