diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/Loggers.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/Loggers.java
index 7d1899031d9..665f68803f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/Loggers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/Loggers.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class Loggers {
     }
 
     public static ESLogger getLogger(String s) {
-        return ESLoggerFactory.getLogger(s);
+        return ESLoggerFactory.getLogger(getLoggerName(s));
     }
 
     public static ESLogger getLogger(Class clazz) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/junit/listeners/LoggingListener.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/junit/listeners/LoggingListener.java
index 5a9faf4bec5..af9bfcca91e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/junit/listeners/LoggingListener.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/junit/listeners/LoggingListener.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.junit.listeners;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLoggerFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
 import org.elasticsearch.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
 import org.junit.runner.Description;
 import org.junit.runner.notification.RunListener;
@@ -75,6 +76,6 @@ public class LoggingListener extends RunListener {
         if (loggerName.equalsIgnoreCase("_root")) {
             return ESLoggerFactory.getRootLogger();
         }
-        return ESLoggerFactory.getLogger(loggerName);
+        return Loggers.getLogger(loggerName);
     }
 }