diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
index c8d158540c5..ecf3b59302c 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ public class CoreContainer
     if (zkRun == null && zookeeperHost == null)
         return;  // not in zk mode
 
+    // zookeeper in quorum mode currently causes a failure when trying to
+    // register log4j mbeans.  See SOLR-2369
+    // TODO: remove after updating to an slf4j based zookeeper
+    System.setProperty("zookeeper.jmx.log4j.disable", "true");
+
     zkServer = new SolrZkServer(zkRun, zookeeperHost, solrHome, hostPort);
     zkServer.parseConfig();
     zkServer.start();