diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll
index cdec3b9f543..ae9e6c19685 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll
@@ -255,8 +255,10 @@ module Stdlib {
    */
   module Logger {
     /** Gets a reference to the `logging.Logger` class or any subclass. */
-    private API::Node subclassRef() {
+    API::Node subclassRef() {
       result = API::moduleImport("logging").getMember("Logger").getASubclass*()
+      or
+      result = ModelOutput::getATypeNode("logging.Logger~Subclass").getASubclass*()
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
index 18d75440032..df378bdee51 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
@@ -404,6 +404,12 @@ class Urllib3PoolManager extends FindSubclassesSpec {
   override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() { result = Urllib3::PoolManager::classRef() }
 }
 
+class StdlibLogger extends FindSubclassesSpec {
+  StdlibLogger() { this = "logging.Logger~Subclass" }
+
+  override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() { result = Stdlib::Logger::subclassRef() }
+}
+
 bindingset[fullyQualified]
 predicate fullyQualifiedToYamlFormat(string fullyQualified, string type2, string path) {
   exists(int firstDot | firstDot = fullyQualified.indexOf(".", 0, 0) |