diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5e63bc5..60544139 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ option(ENABLE_TWITTER "Build Twitter plugin" ON)
 option(ENABLE_YAHOO2 "Build Libyahoo2 plugin" ON)
 
 option(ENABLE_DOCS "Build Docs" ON)
-option(ENABLE_LOG "Build with logging using Log4cxx" ON)
+# option(ENABLE_LOG "Build with logging using Log4cxx" ON)
 option(ENABLE_TESTS "Build Tests using CppUnit" OFF)
 
 MACRO(LIST_CONTAINS var value)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ if(ENABLE_DOCS)
 	find_package(Doxygen)
 endif()
 
-if(ENABLE_LOG)
+# if(ENABLE_LOG)
 	if(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR AND LOG4CXX_LIBRARY)
 		set(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARY})
 		set(LOG4CXX_FOUND 1)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ if(ENABLE_LOG)
 		set(log4cxx_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 		find_package(log4cxx)
 	endif()
-endif()
+# endif()
 
 # FIND CPPUNIT
 if(ENABLE_TESTS)
@@ -423,10 +423,10 @@ if (LOG4CXX_FOUND)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWITH_LOG4CXX)
 else()
 	set(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES "")
-	if(ENABLE_LOG)
+	if (WIN32)
 		message("Log4cxx           : no (install log4cxx-devel)")
-	else(ENABLE_LOG)
-		message("Log4cxx           : no (user disabled)")
+	else()
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "Log4cxx           : no (install log4cxx-devel)")
 	endif()
 endif()