diff --git a/system_test/migration_tool_testsuite/0.7/bin/kafka-run-class.sh b/system_test/migration_tool_testsuite/0.7/bin/kafka-run-class.sh
index 8ebe7a7..08eaea8 100755
--- a/system_test/migration_tool_testsuite/0.7/bin/kafka-run-class.sh
+++ b/system_test/migration_tool_testsuite/0.7/bin/kafka-run-class.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,14 @@ done
 if [ -z "$KAFKA_JMX_OPTS" ]; then
   KAFKA_JMX_OPTS="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false  -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false "
 fi
+
+# Log4j settings
+if [ -z "$KAFKA_LOG4J_OPTS" ]; then
+  KAFKA_LOG4J_OPTS="-Dlog4j.configuration=file:$base_dir/config/log4j.properties"
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$KAFKA_OPTS" ]; then
-  KAFKA_OPTS="-Xmx512M -server  -Dlog4j.configuration=file:$base_dir/config/log4j.properties"
+  KAFKA_OPTS="-Xmx512M -server $KAFKA_LOG4J_OPTS"
 fi
 if [  $JMX_PORT ]; then
   KAFKA_JMX_OPTS="$KAFKA_JMX_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=$JMX_PORT "
diff --git a/system_test/migration_tool_testsuite/0.7/config/test-log4j.properties b/system_test/migration_tool_testsuite/0.7/config/test-log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3ae33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_test/migration_tool_testsuite/0.7/config/test-log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout 
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd-HH
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.File=logs/server.log
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd-HH
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.File=logs/state-change.log
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.requestAppender=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd-HH
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.File=logs/kafka-request.log
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd-HH
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.File=logs/controller.log
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+# Turn on all our debugging info
+#log4j.logger.kafka.producer.async.DefaultEventHandler=DEBUG, kafkaAppender
+#log4j.logger.kafka.client.ClientUtils=DEBUG, kafkaAppender
+log4j.logger.kafka.perf=DEBUG, kafkaAppender
+log4j.logger.kafka.perf.ProducerPerformance$ProducerThread=DEBUG, kafkaAppender
+#log4j.logger.org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient=DEBUG
+log4j.logger.kafka=INFO, kafkaAppender
+
+log4j.logger.kafka.network.RequestChannel$=TRACE, requestAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.network.RequestChannel$=false
+
+#log4j.logger.kafka.network.Processor=TRACE, requestAppender
+#log4j.logger.kafka.server.KafkaApis=TRACE, requestAppender
+#log4j.additivity.kafka.server.KafkaApis=false
+log4j.logger.kafka.request.logger=TRACE, requestAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.request.logger=false
+
+log4j.logger.kafka.controller=TRACE, controllerAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.controller=false
+
+log4j.logger.state.change.logger=TRACE, stateChangeAppender
+log4j.additivity.state.change.logger=false
+
+
diff --git a/system_test/utils/kafka_system_test_utils.py b/system_test/utils/kafka_system_test_utils.py
index aec31cb..705c917 100644
--- a/system_test/utils/kafka_system_test_utils.py
+++ b/system_test/utils/kafka_system_test_utils.py
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ def start_producer_in_thread(testcaseEnv, entityConfigList, producerConfig, kafk
                 cmdList = ["ssh " + host,
                        "'JAVA_HOME=" + javaHome,
                        "JMX_PORT=" + jmxPort,
+                       "KAFKA_LOG4J_OPTS=-Dlog4j.configuration=file:%s/config/test-log4j.properties" % kafkaHome,
                        kafkaRunClassBin + " kafka.perf.ProducerPerformance",
                        "--brokerinfo " + brokerInfoStr,
                        "--initial-message-id " + str(initMsgId),