diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9e506951..1584ea1a8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ set(SOURCES
         util/slice.cc
         util/file_checksum_helper.cc
         util/status.cc
+        util/stderr_logger.cc
         util/string_util.cc
         util/thread_local.cc
         util/threadpool_imp.cc
diff --git a/TARGETS b/TARGETS
index 71f32bc01..18f569288 100644
--- a/TARGETS
+++ b/TARGETS
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ cpp_library_wrapper(name="rocksdb_lib", srcs=[
         "util/ribbon_config.cc",
         "util/slice.cc",
         "util/status.cc",
+        "util/stderr_logger.cc",
         "util/string_util.cc",
         "util/thread_local.cc",
         "util/threadpool_imp.cc",
@@ -591,6 +592,7 @@ cpp_library_wrapper(name="rocksdb_whole_archive_lib", srcs=[
         "util/ribbon_config.cc",
         "util/slice.cc",
         "util/status.cc",
+        "util/stderr_logger.cc",
         "util/string_util.cc",
         "util/thread_local.cc",
         "util/threadpool_imp.cc",
diff --git a/src.mk b/src.mk
index a39f9a7f4..b94bc43ca 100644
--- a/src.mk
+++ b/src.mk
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ LIB_SOURCES =                                                   \
   util/slice.cc                                                 \
   util/file_checksum_helper.cc                                  \
   util/status.cc                                                \
+  util/stderr_logger.cc                                         \
   util/string_util.cc                                           \
   util/thread_local.cc                                          \
   util/threadpool_imp.cc                                        \
diff --git a/util/stderr_logger.cc b/util/stderr_logger.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6044b8b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/stderr_logger.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//  Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+//
+//  This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
+//  COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
+//  (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).
+
+#include "util/stderr_logger.h"
+
+#include "port/sys_time.h"
+
+namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
+StderrLogger::~StderrLogger() {}
+
+void StderrLogger::Logv(const char* format, va_list ap) {
+  const uint64_t thread_id = Env::Default()->GetThreadID();
+
+  port::TimeVal now_tv;
+  port::GetTimeOfDay(&now_tv, nullptr);
+  const time_t seconds = now_tv.tv_sec;
+  struct tm t;
+  port::LocalTimeR(&seconds, &t);
+  fprintf(stderr, "%04d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06d %llx ", t.tm_year + 1900,
+          t.tm_mon + 1, t.tm_mday, t.tm_hour, t.tm_min, t.tm_sec,
+          static_cast<int>(now_tv.tv_usec),
+          static_cast<long long unsigned int>(thread_id));
+
+  vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+}
+}  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/util/stderr_logger.h b/util/stderr_logger.h
index 97bd62561..c3b01210c 100644
--- a/util/stderr_logger.h
+++ b/util/stderr_logger.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-//  Copyright (c) 2016-present, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+//  Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+//
 //  This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
 //  COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
 //  (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "port/sys_time.h"
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
 
 namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
@@ -19,26 +19,13 @@ class StderrLogger : public Logger {
   explicit StderrLogger(const InfoLogLevel log_level = InfoLogLevel::INFO_LEVEL)
       : Logger(log_level) {}
 
+  ~StderrLogger() override;
+
   // Brings overloaded Logv()s into scope so they're not hidden when we override
   // a subset of them.
   using Logger::Logv;
 
-  virtual void Logv(const char* format, va_list ap) override {
-    const uint64_t thread_id = Env::Default()->GetThreadID();
-
-    port::TimeVal now_tv;
-    port::GetTimeOfDay(&now_tv, nullptr);
-    const time_t seconds = now_tv.tv_sec;
-    struct tm t;
-    port::LocalTimeR(&seconds, &t);
-    fprintf(stderr, "%04d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06d %llx ",
-            t.tm_year + 1900, t.tm_mon + 1, t.tm_mday, t.tm_hour, t.tm_min,
-            t.tm_sec, static_cast<int>(now_tv.tv_usec),
-            static_cast<long long unsigned int>(thread_id));
-
-    vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
-    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-  }
+  virtual void Logv(const char* format, va_list ap) override;
 };
 
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE