diff --git a/hbase-spark/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hbase-spark/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 4eeeb2c2dee..6d9415bf255 100644
--- a/hbase-spark/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/hbase-spark/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Define some default values that can be overridden by system properties
-hbase.root.logger=INFO,console
+hbase.root.logger=INFO,FA
 hbase.log.dir=.
 hbase.log.file=hbase.log
 
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
 log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %C{2}(%L): %m%n
 
+#File Appender
+log4j.appender.FA=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
+log4j.appender.FA.append=false
+log4j.appender.FA.file=target/log-output.txt
+log4j.appender.FA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.FA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %C{2}(%L): %m%n
+log4j.appender.FA.Threshold = INFO
+
 # Custom Logging levels
 
 #log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSNamesystem=DEBUG