diff --git a/arangod/Views/LoggerView.cpp b/arangod/Views/LoggerView.cpp
index 046044bc25..192f661c45 100644
--- a/arangod/Views/LoggerView.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Views/LoggerView.cpp
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ std::unique_ptr<ViewImplementation> LoggerView::creator(
     LogicalView* view, arangodb::velocypack::Slice const& info) {
   LOG_TOPIC(INFO, Logger::FIXME) << "called LoggerView::creator";
 
-  return std::make_unique<LoggerView>(view, info);
+  return std::make_unique<LoggerView>(ConstructionGuard(), view, info);
 }
 
-LoggerView::LoggerView(LogicalView* logical,
+LoggerView::LoggerView(ConstructionGuard const&, LogicalView* logical,
                        arangodb::velocypack::Slice const& info)
     : ViewImplementation(logical, info) {
   VPackSlice properties = info.get("properties");
diff --git a/arangod/Views/LoggerView.h b/arangod/Views/LoggerView.h
index 45da4fbfcb..ead176979e 100644
--- a/arangod/Views/LoggerView.h
+++ b/arangod/Views/LoggerView.h
@@ -42,8 +42,15 @@ class LoggerView final : public ViewImplementation {
   static std::unique_ptr<ViewImplementation> creator(
       LogicalView*, arangodb::velocypack::Slice const&);
 
+ private:
+  // private struct that does not do anything
+  // we require it in the constructor of LoggerView so we
+  // can ensure any constructor calls are coming from the
+  // LoggerView's creator method
+  struct ConstructionGuard {};
+
  public:
-  LoggerView(LogicalView* logical,
+  LoggerView(ConstructionGuard const&, LogicalView* logical,
              arangodb::velocypack::Slice const& info);
   ~LoggerView() = default;