2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/log_test.go b/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/log_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95808771c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/log_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package healthcheck
+
+import clog "github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/log"
+
+func init() { clog.Discard() }
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/log/log.go b/plugin/pkg/log/log.go
index 161fbc886..387d7f8e2 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/log/log.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/log/log.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package log
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	golog "log"
 )
 
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ func Error(v ...interface{}) { log(err, v...) }
 // Errorf is equivalent to log.Printf, but prefixed with "[ERROR] ".
 func Errorf(format string, v ...interface{}) { logf(err, format, v...) }
 
+// Discard sets the log output to /dev/null.
+func Discard() { golog.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard) }
+
 const (
 	debug   = "[DEBUG] "
 	err     = "[ERROR] "