diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ac53fbd5..cec86584 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Version 0.12
   a Internal Server Error (pull request ``#2006``).
 - Correctly invoke response handlers for both regular request dispatching as
   well as error handlers.
+- Disable logger propagation by default for the app logger.
 
 Version 0.11.2
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diff --git a/flask/logging.py b/flask/logging.py
index 5a1f149c..3f888a75 100644
--- a/flask/logging.py
+++ b/flask/logging.py
@@ -87,4 +87,8 @@ def create_logger(app):
     logger.__class__ = DebugLogger
     logger.addHandler(debug_handler)
     logger.addHandler(prod_handler)
+
+    # Disable propagation by default
+    logger.propagate = False
+
     return logger