diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a21a2f0b99..10a09cb3e0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+2.1-beta-13 | 2012-08-10 12:28:04 -0700
+
+  * Reporter warnings and error now print to stderr by default. New
+	options Reporter::warnings_to_stderr and
+	Reporter::errors_to_stderr to disable. (Seth Hall)
+
 2.1-beta-9 | 2012-08-10 12:24:29 -0700
 
   * Add more BIF tests. (Daniel Thayer)
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/main.bro b/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/main.bro
index 3c19005364..edc5b1779a 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/main.bro
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/main.bro
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-##! This framework is intended to create an output and filtering path for 
-##! internal messages/warnings/errors.  It should typically be loaded to 
+##! This framework is intended to create an output and filtering path for
+##! internal messages/warnings/errors.  It should typically be loaded to
 ##! avoid Bro spewing internal messages to standard error and instead log
 ##! them to a file in a standard way.  Note that this framework deals with
 ##! the handling of internally-generated reporter messages, for the
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ export {
 	redef enum Log::ID += { LOG };
 
 	## An indicator of reporter message severity.
-	type Level: enum { 
+	type Level: enum {
 		## Informational, not needing specific attention.
-		INFO, 
+		INFO,
 		## Warning of a potential problem.
-		WARNING, 
+		WARNING,
 		## A non-fatal error that should be addressed, but doesn't
 		## terminate program execution.
 		ERROR
@@ -36,24 +36,55 @@ export {
 		## Not all reporter messages will have locations in them though.
 		location: string &log &optional;
 	};
+
+	## Tunable for sending reporter warning messages to STDERR.  The option to
+	## turn it off is presented here in case Bro is being run by some
+	## external harness and shouldn't output anything to the console.
+	const warnings_to_stderr = T &redef;
+
+	## Tunable for sending reporter error messages to STDERR.  The option to
+	## turn it off is presented here in case Bro is being run by some
+	## external harness and shouldn't output anything to the console.
+	const errors_to_stderr = T &redef;
 }
 
+global stderr: file;
+
 event bro_init() &priority=5
 	{
 	Log::create_stream(Reporter::LOG, [$columns=Info]);
+
+	if ( errors_to_stderr || warnings_to_stderr )
+		stderr = open("/dev/stderr");
 	}
 
-event reporter_info(t: time, msg: string, location: string)
+event reporter_info(t: time, msg: string, location: string) &priority=-5
 	{
 	Log::write(Reporter::LOG, [$ts=t, $level=INFO, $message=msg, $location=location]);
 	}
-	
-event reporter_warning(t: time, msg: string, location: string)
+
+event reporter_warning(t: time, msg: string, location: string) &priority=-5
 	{
+	if ( warnings_to_stderr )
+		{
+		if ( t > double_to_time(0.0) )
+			print stderr, fmt("WARNING: %.6f %s (%s)", t, msg, location);
+		else
+			print stderr, fmt("WARNING: %s (%s)", msg, location);
+		}
+
 	Log::write(Reporter::LOG, [$ts=t, $level=WARNING, $message=msg, $location=location]);
 	}
 
-event reporter_error(t: time, msg: string, location: string)
+event reporter_error(t: time, msg: string, location: string) &priority=-5
 	{
+	if ( errors_to_stderr )
+		{
+		if ( t > double_to_time(0.0) )
+			print stderr, fmt("ERROR: %.6f %s (%s)", t, msg, location);
+		else
+			print stderr, fmt("ERROR: %s (%s)", msg, location);
+		}
+
 	Log::write(Reporter::LOG, [$ts=t, $level=ERROR, $message=msg, $location=location]);
 	}
diff --git a/src/bro.bif b/src/bro.bif
index 2a37429ad6..bc791d6858 100644
--- a/src/bro.bif
+++ b/src/bro.bif
@@ -3787,7 +3787,7 @@ static GeoIP* open_geoip_db(GeoIPDBTypes type)
 		geoip = GeoIP_open_type(type, GEOIP_MEMORY_CACHE);
 
 	if ( ! geoip )
-		reporter->Warning("Failed to open GeoIP database: %s",
+		reporter->Info("Failed to open GeoIP database: %s",
 		                  GeoIPDBFileName[type]);
 	return geoip;
 	}
@@ -3827,7 +3827,7 @@ function lookup_location%(a: addr%) : geo_location
 			if ( ! geoip )
 				builtin_error("Can't initialize GeoIP City/Country database");
 			else
-				reporter->Warning("Fell back to GeoIP Country database");
+				reporter->Info("Fell back to GeoIP Country database");
 			}
 		else
 			have_city_db = true;
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.disable-stderr/.stderr b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.disable-stderr/.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.disable-stderr/reporter.log b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.disable-stderr/reporter.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c6e795074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.disable-stderr/reporter.log
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#separator \x09
+#set_separator	,
+#empty_field	(empty)
+#unset_field	-
+#path	reporter
+#fields	ts	level	message	location
+#types	time	enum	string	string
+0.000000	Reporter::ERROR	no such index (test[3])	/blah/testing/btest/.tmp/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.disable-stderr/disable-stderr.bro, line 12
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/.stderr b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78af1e7a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ERROR: no such index (test[3]) (/blah/testing/btest/.tmp/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/stderr.bro, line 9)
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/reporter.log b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/reporter.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a00bb95ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/reporter.log
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#separator \x09
+#set_separator	,
+#empty_field	(empty)
+#unset_field	-
+#path	reporter
+#fields	ts	level	message	location
+#types	time	enum	string	string
+0.000000	Reporter::ERROR	no such index (test[3])	/blah/testing/btest/.tmp/scripts.base.frameworks.reporter.stderr/stderr.bro, line 9
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/disable-stderr.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/disable-stderr.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..438e24d80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/disable-stderr.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro %INPUT
+# @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-remove-abspath btest-diff .stderr
+# @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-remove-abspath btest-diff reporter.log
+
+redef Reporter::warnings_to_stderr = F;
+redef Reporter::errors_to_stderr = F;
+
+global test: table[count] of string = {};
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+	print test[3];
+	}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/stderr.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/stderr.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ea748d94f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/stderr.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro %INPUT
+# @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-remove-abspath btest-diff .stderr
+# @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-remove-abspath btest-diff reporter.log
+
+global test: table[count] of string = {};
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+	print test[3];
+	}
\ No newline at end of file