diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
index 880119b7037..820d82eeaa7 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler implements SolrCoreState
 
         // we shouldn't close the transaction logs either, but leaving them open
         // means we can't delete them on windows.
-        if (ulog != null) ulog.close();
+        if (ulog != null) ulog.close(false);
 
         return;
       }
@@ -543,11 +543,9 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler implements SolrCoreState
       }
 
       // if the writer hits an exception, it's OK (and perhaps desirable)
-      // to not close the ulog?
+      // to not close the ulog.
 
-      // Closing the log currently deletes the log file.
-      // If this changes, we should record this as a "commit".
-      if (ulog != null) ulog.close();
+      if (ulog != null) ulog.close(true);
     } finally {
       commitLock.unlock();
     }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java
index 179c9d6481e..57f3fe8fcc1 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ package org.apache.solr.update;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
+import org.apache.solr.common.params.MapSolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams;
+import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
 import org.apache.solr.core.PluginInfo;
 import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
@@ -580,7 +582,7 @@ public class UpdateLog implements PluginInfoInitialized {
     }
   }
 
-  public void close() {
+  public void close(boolean committed) {
     synchronized (this) {
       try {
         recoveryExecutor.shutdownNow();
@@ -596,6 +598,12 @@ public class UpdateLog implements PluginInfoInitialized {
         prevTlog.forceClose();
       }
       if (tlog != null) {
+        if (committed) {
+          // record a commit
+          CommitUpdateCommand cmd = new CommitUpdateCommand(new LocalSolrQueryRequest(uhandler.core, new ModifiableSolrParams((SolrParams)null)), false);
+          tlog.writeCommit(cmd);
+        }
+
         tlog.deleteOnClose = false;
         tlog.decref();
         tlog.forceClose();
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRecovery.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRecovery.java
index 2613bc062c2..b0aaaae01af 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRecovery.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRecovery.java
@@ -448,6 +448,64 @@ public class TestRecovery extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     );
 
   }
+
+  // make sure that log isn't needlessly replayed after a clean shutdown
+  @Test
+  public void testCleanShutdown() throws Exception {
+    DirectUpdateHandler2.commitOnClose = true;
+    final Semaphore logReplay = new Semaphore(0);
+    final Semaphore logReplayFinish = new Semaphore(0);
+
+    UpdateLog.testing_logReplayHook = new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        try {
+          assertTrue(logReplay.tryAcquire(timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    UpdateLog.testing_logReplayFinishHook = new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        logReplayFinish.release();
+      }
+    };
+
+
+    SolrQueryRequest req = req();
+    UpdateHandler uhandler = req.getCore().getUpdateHandler();
+    UpdateLog ulog = uhandler.getUpdateLog();
+
+    try {
+      clearIndex();
+      assertU(commit());
+
+      assertU(adoc("id","1", "val_i","1"));
+      assertU(adoc("id","2", "val_i","1"));
+
+      // set to a high enough number so this test won't hang on a bug
+      logReplay.release(10);
+
+      h.close();
+      createCore();
+
+      // make sure the docs got committed
+      assertJQ(req("q","*:*"),"/response/numFound==2");
+
+      // make sure no replay happened
+      assertEquals(10, logReplay.availablePermits());
+
+    } finally {
+      DirectUpdateHandler2.commitOnClose = true;
+      UpdateLog.testing_logReplayHook = null;
+      UpdateLog.testing_logReplayFinishHook = null;
+
+      req().close();
+    }
+  }
   
   
   private void addDocs(int nDocs, int start, LinkedList<Long> versions) throws Exception {