diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DistributorDirectoryTest.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DistributorDirectoryTest.java
index 649bd2660bb..ede02999b45 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DistributorDirectoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DistributorDirectoryTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.ThreadLeakScope;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.TimeoutSuite;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.BaseDirectoryTestCase;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.TimeUnits;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchThreadFilter;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.listeners.LoggingListener;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 @ThreadLeakScope(ThreadLeakScope.Scope.NONE)
 @TimeoutSuite(millis = 20 * TimeUnits.MINUTE) // timeout the suite after 20min and fail the test.
 @Listeners(LoggingListener.class)
+@LuceneTestCase.SuppressSysoutChecks(bugUrl = "we log a lot on purpose")
 public class DistributorDirectoryTest extends BaseDirectoryTestCase {
 
     @Override