diff --git a/lib/appenders/index.js b/lib/appenders/index.js
index ab9bde93..efe23981 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/index.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/index.js
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ const setup = (config) => {
     usedAppenders.push(...category.appenders)
   });
   Object.keys(config.appenders).forEach((name) => {
-    // dodgy hard-coding of special case for tcp-server which may not have
+    // dodgy hard-coding of special case for tcp-server and multiprocess which may not have
     // any categories associated with it, but needs to be started up anyway
-    if (usedAppenders.includes(name) || config.appenders[name].type === 'tcp-server') {
+    if (usedAppenders.includes(name) || config.appenders[name].type === 'tcp-server' || config.appenders[name].type === 'multiprocess') {
       getAppender(name, config);
     }
   });