diff --git a/log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/Log4j2_3487Test.java b/log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/Log4j2_3487Test.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.categories.AsyncLoggers;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.selector.ClassLoaderContextSelector;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.junit.LoggerContextRule;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+@Category(AsyncLoggers.class)
+public class Log4j2_3487Test {
+
+	@ClassRule
+	public static LoggerContextRule context = new LoggerContextRule("log4j2-3487.xml",
+			ClassLoaderContextSelector.class);
+
+	@Test
+    public void testLogEventIncludeLocation() throws Exception {
+		  LogManager.getLogger("com.li.Snafu").info("message");
+		  Thread.sleep(100);
+
+		  final List<LogEvent> events = context.getListAppender("List").getEvents();
+
+			assertEquals("listAppender event count is incorrect", 1, events.size());
+			assertNull("event should not have a source", events.get(0).getSource());
+		}
+}
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/test/resources/log4j2-3487.xml b/log4j-core/src/test/resources/log4j2-3487.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="ERROR">
+  <Appenders>
+    <List name="List"/>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <AsyncLogger name="com.li.Snafu" level="info" additivity="false">
+      <AppenderRef ref="List"/>
+    </AsyncLogger>
+    <Root level="info">
+      <AppenderRef ref="List"/>
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
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