diff --git a/server/CMakeLists.txt b/server/CMakeLists.txt
index f0c82c1..99c6a3d 100755
--- a/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ add_library(serverobj OBJECT ${srcs})
 # netopeer2-server target
 add_executable(netopeer2-server $<TARGET_OBJECTS:serverobj> main.c)

+# dependencies - zlog
+find_library(ZLOG zlog)
+if(NOT ZLOG)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find zlog library.")
+endif()
+target_link_libraries(netopeer2-server ${ZLOG})
+
 # dependencies - pthread
 set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD TRUE)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
diff --git a/server/log.c b/server/log.c
index e660635..6b8117b 100644
--- a/server/log.c
+++ b/server/log.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <nc_server.h>
 #include <sysrepo.h>

+#include <zlog.h>
+
 volatile uint8_t np2_verbose_level;
 uint8_t np2_libssh_verbose_level;
 uint8_t np2_sr_verbose_level;
@@ -102,44 +104,24 @@ np2_err_location(void)
 static void
 np2log(int priority, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-    char *format;
     va_list ap;

     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    vsyslog(priority, fmt, ap);
-    va_end(ap);
-
-    if (np2_stderr_log) {
-        format = malloc(11 + strlen(fmt) + 2);
-        if (!format) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory allocation failed (%s:%d)", __FILE__, __LINE__);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        switch (priority) {
-        case LOG_ERR:
-            sprintf(format, "[ERR]: %s\n", fmt);
+    switch (priority) {
+        case LOG_INFO:
+            vdzlog_info(fmt, ap);
             break;
         case LOG_WARNING:
-            sprintf(format, "[WRN]: %s\n", fmt);
-            break;
-        case LOG_INFO:
-            sprintf(format, "[INF]: %s\n", fmt);
+            vdzlog_warn(fmt, ap);
             break;
         case LOG_DEBUG:
-            sprintf(format, "[DBG]: %s\n", fmt);
+            vdzlog_debug(fmt, ap);
             break;
         default:
-            sprintf(format, "[UNKNOWN]: %s\n", fmt);
+            vdzlog_error(fmt, ap);
             break;
-        }
-
-        va_start(ap, fmt);
-        vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
-        va_end(ap);
-
-        free(format);
     }
+    va_end(ap);
 }

 /**
diff --git a/server/main.c b/server/main.c
index 601e8a8..9d28931 100644
--- a/server/main.c
+++ b/server/main.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <nc_server.h>
 #include <sysrepo.h>

+#include <zlog.h>
+
 #include "common.h"
 #include "operations.h"
 #include "netconf_monitoring.h"
@@ -1545,6 +1547,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     openlog("netopeer2-server", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
     np2_stderr_log = 1;

+    dzlog_init("/opt/etc/zlog.conf", "netopeer2-server");
+
     /* process command line options */
     while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, OPTSTRING)) != -1) {
         switch (c) {