diff --git a/lib/vagrant-libvirt.rb b/lib/vagrant-libvirt.rb
index 825e5fa..24322c0 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-libvirt.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-libvirt.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'pathname'
-require 'vagrant-libvirt/plugin'
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module ProviderLibvirt
@@ -27,3 +26,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
     end
   end
 end
+
+# make sure base module class defined before loading plugin
+require 'vagrant-libvirt/plugin'
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/plugin.rb b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/plugin.rb
index 1dbb56c..0b7cae3 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/plugin.rb
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       end
 
       provider('libvirt', parallel: true) do
-        # Setup logging and i18n
-        setup_logging
-        setup_i18n
-
         require_relative 'provider'
         Provider
       end
@@ -90,6 +86,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
       end
 
+      # Setup logging and i18n before any autoloading loads other classes
+      # with logging configured as this prevents inheritance of the log level
+      # from the parent logger.
+      setup_logging
+      setup_i18n
+
     end
   end
 end