diff --git a/include/dwarfs/logger.h b/include/dwarfs/logger.h
index 686f2096..2970736d 100644
--- a/include/dwarfs/logger.h
+++ b/include/dwarfs/logger.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ struct logger_options {
 
 class stream_logger : public logger {
  public:
+  explicit stream_logger(logger_options const& options = {});
+  explicit stream_logger(std::ostream& os, logger_options const& options = {});
   stream_logger(std::shared_ptr<terminal const> term, std::ostream& os,
                 logger_options const& options = {});
 
diff --git a/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp b/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
index 714bb739..2e513252 100644
--- a/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 
 #include <dwarfs/logger.h>
-#include <dwarfs/terminal.h>
+#include <dwarfs/terminal_ansi.h>
 #include <dwarfs/util.h>
 
 namespace dwarfs {
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ std::string logger::all_level_names() {
 
 null_logger::null_logger() { set_policy<prod_logger_policy>(); }
 
+stream_logger::stream_logger(logger_options const& options)
+    : stream_logger(std::cerr, options) {}
+
+stream_logger::stream_logger(std::ostream& os, logger_options const& options)
+    : stream_logger(std::make_shared<terminal_ansi>(), os, options) {}
+
 stream_logger::stream_logger(std::shared_ptr<terminal const> term,
                              std::ostream& os, logger_options const& logopts)
     : os_(os)