diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchTokenStreamTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchTokenStreamTestCase.java
index d42093c4031..7649500b1d3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchTokenStreamTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchTokenStreamTestCase.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.ThreadLeakScope;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.ThreadLeakScope.Scope;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.TimeoutSuite;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.BaseTokenStreamTestCase;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.TimeUnits;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.listeners.ReproduceInfoPrinter;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.listeners.ReproduceInfoPrinter;
 @ThreadLeakFilters(defaultFilters = true, filters = {ElasticsearchThreadFilter.class})
 @ThreadLeakScope(Scope.NONE)
 @TimeoutSuite(millis = TimeUnits.HOUR)
-
+@LuceneTestCase.SuppressSysoutChecks(bugUrl = "we log a lot on purpose")
 /**
  * Basic test case for token streams. the assertion methods in this class will
  * run basic checks to enforce correct behavior of the token streams.