diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/ConfigSolr.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/ConfigSolr.java
index 56252a490d2..f864402fda8 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/ConfigSolr.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/ConfigSolr.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public abstract class ConfigSolr {
 
   public LogWatcherConfig getLogWatcherConfig() {
     return new LogWatcherConfig(
-        getBool(CfgProp.SOLR_LOGGING_ENABLED, false),
+        getBool(CfgProp.SOLR_LOGGING_ENABLED, true),
         get(CfgProp.SOLR_LOGGING_CLASS, null),
         get(CfgProp.SOLR_LOGGING_WATCHER_THRESHOLD, null),
         getInt(CfgProp.SOLR_LOGGING_WATCHER_SIZE, 50)
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
index cba18618b07..fb53869a7ea 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.apache.solr.handler.admin.CoreAdminHandler;
 import org.apache.solr.handler.admin.InfoHandler;
 import org.apache.solr.handler.component.ShardHandlerFactory;
 import org.apache.solr.logging.LogWatcher;
-import org.apache.solr.logging.jul.JulWatcher;
 import org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema;
 import org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchemaFactory;
 import org.apache.solr.util.DefaultSolrThreadFactory;
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ public class CoreContainer {
 
     solrCores.allocateLazyCores(cfg.getTransientCacheSize(), loader);
 
-    logging = JulWatcher.newRegisteredLogWatcher(cfg.getLogWatcherConfig(), loader);
+    logging = LogWatcher.newRegisteredLogWatcher(cfg.getLogWatcherConfig(), loader);
 
     shareSchema = cfg.hasSchemaCache();
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/logging/LogWatcher.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/logging/LogWatcher.java
index 23f260ba4ef..861635587ae 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/logging/LogWatcher.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/logging/LogWatcher.java
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ public abstract class LogWatcher<E> {
    */
   public static LogWatcher newRegisteredLogWatcher(LogWatcherConfig config, SolrResourceLoader loader) {
 
-    if (!config.isEnabled())
+    if (!config.isEnabled()) {
+      log.info("A LogWatcher is not enabled");
       return null;
+    }
 
     LogWatcher logWatcher = createWatcher(config, loader);
 
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ public abstract class LogWatcher<E> {
 
     try {
       slf4jImpl = StaticLoggerBinder.getSingleton().getLoggerFactoryClassStr();
+      log.info("SLF4J impl is " + slf4jImpl);
       if (fname == null) {
         if (slf4jImpl.indexOf("Log4j") > 0) {
           fname = "Log4j";