diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/log4j/LogConfigurator.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/log4j/LogConfigurator.java
index 20fa942e8ac..f93b93bbc11 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/log4j/LogConfigurator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/log4j/LogConfigurator.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class LogConfigurator {
             .put("html", "org.apache.log4j.HTMLLayout")
             .put("pattern", "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout")
             .put("consolePattern", "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout")
+            .put("enhancedPattern", "org.apache.log4j.EnhancedPatternLayout")
             .put("ttcc", "org.apache.log4j.TTCCLayout")
             .put("xml", "org.apache.log4j.XMLLayout")
             .immutableMap();