diff --git a/tests/test-distribution/test-distribution-common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/DistributionTests.java b/tests/test-distribution/test-distribution-common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/DistributionTests.java
index 33775bb7128..e8f4c245c3e 100644
--- a/tests/test-distribution/test-distribution-common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/DistributionTests.java
+++ b/tests/test-distribution/test-distribution-common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/DistributionTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.http.WebSocket;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -462,6 +463,21 @@ public class DistributionTests extends AbstractJettyHomeTest
             File war = distribution.resolveArtifact("org.eclipse.jetty." + env + ".demos:jetty-" + env + "-demo-proxy-webapp:war:" + jettyVersion);
             distribution.installWarFile(war, "proxy");
 
+            Path loggingProps = distribution.getJettyBase().resolve("resources/jetty-logging.properties");
+
+            String loggingConfig = """
+                # Default for everything is INFO
+                org.eclipse.jetty.LEVEL=INFO
+                # to see full logger names 
+                # org.eclipse.jetty.logging.appender.NAME_CONDENSE=false
+                # to see CR LF as-is (not escaped) in output (useful for DEBUG of request/response headers)
+                org.eclipse.jetty.logging.appender.MESSAGE_ESCAPE=false
+                # To enable DEBUG:oejepP.JavadocTransparentProxy
+                org.eclipse.jetty.%s.proxy.ProxyServlet$Transparent.JavadocTransparentProxy.LEVEL=DEBUG
+                """.formatted(env);
+
+            Files.writeString(loggingProps, loggingConfig, StandardCharsets.UTF_8, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING);
+
             int port = distribution.freePort();
             try (JettyHomeTester.Run run2 = distribution.start("--jpms", "jetty.http.port=" + port, "jetty.server.dumpAfterStart=true"))
             {