diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index 2cf7ebbc3e99fd6c6b570e3c54c838d19bde102f..01014234e75358b6db62220aac289ce7caf00fa3 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
       local proxySelfMetrics =
         container.new('kube-rbac-proxy-self', $._config.imageRepos.kubeRbacProxy + ':' + $._config.versions.kubeRbacProxy) +
         container.withArgs([
+          '--logtostderr',
           '--secure-listen-address=:9443',
           '--tls-cipher-suites=' + std.join(',', $._config.tlsCipherSuites),
           '--upstream=http://127.0.0.1:8082/',