diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17d50e8ea84..08ef15ee320 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #### Bugs
 * Fix #5845: (crd-generator) Fail generating if multiple versions are marked as stored
+* Fix #5847: Missing `Log4j2Plugins.dat` descriptor in Kubernetes Lookup
 * Fix #5853: [java-generator] Gracefully handle colliding enum definitions
 * Fix #5860: Corrections to java-generator gradle plugin extension
 * Fix #5817: NPE on EKS OIDC cluster when token needs to be refreshed
diff --git a/log4j/pom.xml b/log4j/pom.xml
index eb8bd7e9a08..4d422854e96 100644
--- a/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
   <properties>
     <osgi.export>io.fabric8.kubernetes.log4j.*</osgi.export>
     <osgi.import>*</osgi.import>
+
+    <!-- Resources to copy into the JAR -->
+    <osgi.include.resources.default>
+      {maven-resources},
+      /META-INF/org/apache/logging/=${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/org/apache/logging/,
+      /META-INF/jandex.idx=${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/jandex.idx
+    </osgi.include.resources.default>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -78,4 +85,23 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <build>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>integration-test</goal>
+              <goal>verify</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/log4j/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/log4j/lookup/it/KubernetesLookupIT.java b/log4j/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/log4j/lookup/it/KubernetesLookupIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b1ecf5a217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/log4j/lookup/it/KubernetesLookupIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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 io.fabric8.kubernetes.log4j.lookup.it;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.log4j.lookup.KubernetesLookup;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginType;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.lookup.StrLookup;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class KubernetesLookupIT {
+
+  @Test
+  void should_find_lookup() {
+    PluginManager manager = new PluginManager(StrLookup.CATEGORY);
+    manager.collectPlugins();
+    PluginType<?> pluginType = manager.getPluginType("k8s");
+    assertThat(pluginType)
+        .as("check 'k8s' lookup")
+        .isNotNull()
+        .extracting(PluginType::getPluginClass)
+        .isEqualTo(KubernetesLookup.class);
+  }
+}