diff --git a/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs b/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs
index 3dd99549500..6684bd9f446 100644
--- a/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/logname/src/logname.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 use clap::Command;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
+use std::io::{Write, stdout};
 use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{error::UResult, show_error};
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let _ = uucore::clap_localization::handle_clap_result(uu_app(), args)?;
 
     match get_userlogin() {
-        Some(userlogin) => println!("{userlogin}"),
+        Some(userlogin) => writeln!(stdout(), "{userlogin}")?,
         None => show_error!("{}", translate!("logname-error-no-login-name")),
     }