diff --git a/include/MySQL_Logger.hpp b/include/MySQL_Logger.hpp
index a00e52dd4..22920685f 100644
--- a/include/MySQL_Logger.hpp
+++ b/include/MySQL_Logger.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "proxysql.h"
 #include "cpp.h"
 
+#define PROXYSQL_LOGGER_PTHREAD_MUTEX
 
 class MySQL_Event {
 	private:
@@ -39,7 +40,11 @@ class MySQL_Logger {
 	char *datadir;
 	unsigned int log_file_id;
 	unsigned int max_log_file_size;
+#ifdef PROXYSQL_LOGGER_PTHREAD_MUTEX
+	pthread_mutex_t wmutex;
+#else
 	rwlock_t rwlock;
+#endif
 	void wrlock();
 	void wrunlock();
 	std::fstream *logfile;
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp
index af18b3674..60fc3d710 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Logger.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ MySQL_Logger::MySQL_Logger() {
 	base_filename=NULL;
 	datadir=NULL;
 	base_filename=strdup((char *)"");
+#ifdef PROXYSQL_LOGGER_PTHREAD_MUTEX
+	pthread_mutex_init(&wmutex,NULL);
+#else
 	spinlock_rwlock_init(&rwlock);
+#endif
 	logfile=NULL;
 	log_file_id=0;
 	max_log_file_size=100*1024*1024;
@@ -162,11 +166,19 @@ MySQL_Logger::~MySQL_Logger() {
 };
 
 void MySQL_Logger::wrlock() {
+#ifdef PROXYSQL_LOGGER_PTHREAD_MUTEX
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&wmutex);
+#else
   spin_wrlock(&rwlock);
+#endif
 };
 
 void MySQL_Logger::wrunlock() {
+#ifdef PROXYSQL_LOGGER_PTHREAD_MUTEX
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&wmutex);
+#else
   spin_wrunlock(&rwlock);
+#endif
 };
 
 void MySQL_Logger::flush_log() {