diff --git a/luigi/setup_logging.py b/luigi/setup_logging.py
index f28a697cb5..8a1aeecb96 100644
--- a/luigi/setup_logging.py
+++ b/luigi/setup_logging.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import logging
 import logging.config
 import os.path
-from luigi.configuration import get_config
+from luigi.configuration import get_config, LuigiConfigParser
 
 # In python3 ConfigParser was renamed
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/41202010
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class BaseLogging(object):
     @classmethod
     def _section(cls, opts):
         """Get logging settings from config file section "logging"."""
+        if isinstance(cls.config, LuigiConfigParser):
+            return False
         try:
             logging_config = cls.config['logging']
         except (TypeError, KeyError, NoSectionError):
diff --git a/test/setup_logging_test.py b/test/setup_logging_test.py
index 08cc7c0753..3bc17462f0 100644
--- a/test/setup_logging_test.py
+++ b/test/setup_logging_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from luigi.setup_logging import DaemonLogging, InterfaceLogging
-from luigi.configuration import LuigiTomlParser, get_config
+from luigi.configuration import LuigiTomlParser, LuigiConfigParser, get_config
 from helpers import unittest
 
 
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ def test_section(self):
         result = self.cls._section(None)
         self.assertFalse(result)
 
+    def test_section_cfg(self):
+        self.cls.config = LuigiConfigParser.instance()
+        result = self.cls._section(None)
+        self.assertFalse(result)
+
     def test_cfg(self):
         self.cls.config = LuigiTomlParser()
         self.cls.config.data = {}