diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index 42cc794e2..1c67f8f39 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -450,7 +453,27 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		getCert = globalTLSCerts.GetCertificate
 	}
 
+	// Annonying hack to ensure that Go doesn't write its own logging,
+	// interleaved with our formatted logging, this allows us to
+	// honor --json and --quiet flag properly.
+	//
+	// Unfortunately we have to resort to this sort of hacky approach
+	// because, Go automatically initializes ErrorLog on its own
+	// and can log without application control.
+	//
+	// This is an implementation issue in Go and should be fixed, but
+	// until then this hack is okay and works for our needs.
+	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
+	go func() {
+		defer pr.Close()
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(&contextReader{pr, GlobalContext})
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, errors.New(scanner.Text()))
+		}
+	}()
+
 	httpServer := xhttp.NewServer([]string{globalMinioAddr}, criticalErrorHandler{handler}, getCert)
+	httpServer.ErrorLog = log.New(pw, "", 0)
 	httpServer.BaseContext = func(listener net.Listener) context.Context {
 		return GlobalContext
 	}