diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingConfigurationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingConfigurationTests.java
index 5fe21c11dc7..005d53b5bb1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingConfigurationTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.common.logging;
 
+import com.carrotsearch.ant.tasks.junit4.dependencies.com.google.common.io.Files;
 import org.apache.log4j.Appender;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.Log4jESLogger;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 
@@ -44,13 +46,21 @@ public class LoggingConfigurationTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
     public void testMultipleConfigs() throws Exception {
         File configDir = resolveConfigDir();
         logger.info("Using config directory: {}", configDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        File loggingFile = new File(configDir, "logging.yml");
+        logger.info("Contents of {}: {}", loggingFile, Files.toString(loggingFile, UTF8));
         Settings settings = ImmutableSettings.builder()
                 .put("path.conf", configDir.getAbsolutePath())
                 .build();
+        logger.info("LogConfigurator Settings: {}", settings.getAsMap());
         LogConfigurator.configure(settings);
 
         ESLogger esLogger = Log4jESLoggerFactory.getLogger("first");
         Logger logger = ((Log4jESLogger) esLogger).logger();
+        this.logger.info("Found following appenders:");
+        for (Enumeration allAppenders = logger.getAllAppenders(); allAppenders.hasMoreElements();) {
+            Appender appender = (Appender) allAppenders.nextElement();
+            this.logger.info("Found appender: {}", appender.getName());
+        }
         Appender appender = logger.getAppender("console1");
         assertThat(appender, notNullValue());