diff --git a/api/weaveapi.go b/api/weaveapi.go
index b49a2969..210618a8 100644
--- a/api/weaveapi.go
+++ b/api/weaveapi.go
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
-
-	. "github.com/weaveworks/weave/common"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -19,11 +17,12 @@ const (
 
 type Client struct {
 	baseURL string
+	log     Logger
 }
 
 func (client *Client) httpVerb(verb string, url string, values url.Values) (string, error) {
 	url = client.baseURL + url
-	Log.Debugf("weave %s to %s with %v", verb, url, values)
+	client.log.Debugf("weave %s to %s with %v", verb, url, values)
 	var body io.Reader
 	if values != nil {
 		body = strings.NewReader(values.Encode())
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ func (client *Client) httpVerb(verb string, url string, values url.Values) (stri
 	return "", errors.New(resp.Status + ": " + string(rbody))
 }
 
-func NewClient(addr string) *Client {
+func NewClient(addr string, log Logger) *Client {
 	host := WeaveHTTPHost
 	port := fmt.Sprintf("%d", WeaveHTTPPort)
 	switch parts := strings.Split(addr, ":"); len(parts) {
@@ -67,12 +66,17 @@ func NewClient(addr string) *Client {
 			port = parts[1]
 		}
 	default:
-		return &Client{baseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", addr)}
+		return &Client{baseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", addr), log: log}
 	}
-	return &Client{baseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, port)}
+	return &Client{baseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, port), log: log}
 }
 
 func (client *Client) Connect(remote string) error {
 	_, err := client.httpVerb("POST", "/connect", url.Values{"peer": {remote}})
 	return err
 }
+
+type Logger interface {
+	Infof(string, ...interface{})
+	Debugf(string, ...interface{})
+}
diff --git a/prog/plugin/main.go b/prog/plugin/main.go
index 2158d267..e0697e29 100644
--- a/prog/plugin/main.go
+++ b/prog/plugin/main.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func main() {
 		Log.Fatalf("unable to connect to docker: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	weave := weaveapi.NewClient(os.Getenv("WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR"))
+	weave := weaveapi.NewClient(os.Getenv("WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR"), Log)
 
 	Log.Println("Weave plugin", version, "Command line options:", os.Args[1:])
 	Log.Info(dockerClient.Info())
diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index 396e57a1..cbaac802 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func (proxy *Proxy) getDNSDomain() string {
 	if proxy.WithoutDNS {
 		return ""
 	}
-	weave := weaveapi.NewClient(os.Getenv("WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR"))
+	weave := weaveapi.NewClient(os.Getenv("WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR"), Log)
 	domain, _ := weave.DNSDomain()
 	return domain
 }