diff --git a/solr/bin/solr b/solr/bin/solr
index f6c723adc560..7fddceb8f95a 100755
--- a/solr/bin/solr
+++ b/solr/bin/solr
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ if [ "$GC_LOG_OPTS" != "" ]; then
     if [ "$JAVA_VENDOR" == "IBM J9" ]; then
       gc_log_flag="-Xverbosegclog"
     fi
-    GC_LOG_OPTS+=("$gc_log_flag:$SOLR_LOGS_DIR/solr_gc.log" '-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation' '-XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=9' '-XX:GCLogFileSize=20M')
+    GC_LOG_OPTS+=("$gc_log_flag:$SOLR_LOGS_DIR/solr_gc-%t.log" '-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation' '-XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=9' '-XX:GCLogFileSize=20M')
   else
     # http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/158
     for i in "${!GC_LOG_OPTS[@]}";
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ if [ "$GC_LOG_OPTS" != "" ]; then
       # for simplicity, we only look at the prefix '-Xlog:gc'
       # (if 'all' or multiple tags are used starting with anything other then 'gc' the user is on their own)
       # if a single additional ':' exists in param, then there is already an explicit output specifier
-      GC_LOG_OPTS[$i]=$(echo ${GC_LOG_OPTS[$i]} | sed "s|^\(-Xlog:gc[^:]*$\)|\1:file=$SOLR_LOGS_DIR/solr_gc.log:time,uptime:filecount=9,filesize=20M|")
+      GC_LOG_OPTS[$i]=$(echo ${GC_LOG_OPTS[$i]} | sed "s|^\(-Xlog:gc[^:]*$\)|\1:file=$SOLR_LOGS_DIR/solr_gc-%t.log:time,uptime:filecount=9,filesize=20M|")
     done
   fi
 fi