diff --git a/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 497c97f9959..526e22d4de0 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=INFO, out
+es.logger.level=INFO
+log4j.rootLogger=${es.logger.level}, out
 
 log4j.appender.out=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.out.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout