diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 061bfb1..22fcd61 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kafka_broker_id: 0
 kafka_broker_rack: dc1
 kafka_log_dirs: "/var/kafka/data"
 kafka_jmx_opts: "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false "
-kafka_opts: "-Djava.rmi.server.useCodebaseOnly=true -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.trustURLCodebase=false -Dcom.sun.jndi.cosnaming.object.trustURLCodebase=false"
+kafka_opts: "-Djava.rmi.server.useCodebaseOnly=true -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.trustURLCodebase=false -Dcom.sun.jndi.cosnaming.object.trustURLCodebase=false -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/etc/kafka/log4j.properties"
 
 kafka_filebeat_fields: {}
 kafka_filebeat_tags: []
diff --git a/templates/log4j.properties.j2 b/templates/log4j.properties.j2
index 5139970..697a440 100644
--- a/templates/log4j.properties.j2
+++ b/templates/log4j.properties.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,84 @@
+
+
+
+# Unspecified loggers and loggers with additivity=true output to server.log and stdout
+# Note that INFO only applies to unspecified loggers, the log level of the child logger is used otherwise
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout, kafkaAppender
+
+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.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/server.log                                                                 
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/server.log
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.MaxFileSize=50MB
+log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
 log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
-log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.MaxFileSize=256MB
-log4j.appender.kafkaAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
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+
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/server.log
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.MaxFileSize=50MB
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stateChangeAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.requestAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/server.log
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.MaxFileSize=50MB
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.requestAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.cleanerAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.cleanerAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/server.log
+log4j.appender.cleanerAppender.MaxFileSize=50MB
+log4j.appender.cleanerAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
+log4j.appender.cleanerAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.cleanerAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/server.log
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.MaxFileSize=50MB
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.controllerAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+log4j.appender.authorizerAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.authorizerAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/server.log
+log4j.appender.authorizerAppender.MaxFileSize=50MB
+log4j.appender.authorizerAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
+log4j.appender.authorizerAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.authorizerAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c)%n
+
+# Change the line below to adjust ZK client logging
+log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=INFO
+
+# Change the two lines below to adjust the general broker logging level (output to server.log and stdout)
+log4j.logger.kafka=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=INFO
+
+# Change to DEBUG or TRACE to enable request logging
+log4j.logger.kafka.request.logger=WARN, requestAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.request.logger=false
+
+# Uncomment the lines below and change log4j.logger.kafka.network.RequestChannel$ to TRACE for additional output
+# related to the handling of requests
+#log4j.logger.kafka.network.Processor=TRACE, requestAppender
+#log4j.logger.kafka.server.KafkaApis=TRACE, requestAppender
+#log4j.additivity.kafka.server.KafkaApis=false
+log4j.logger.kafka.network.RequestChannel$=WARN, requestAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.network.RequestChannel$=false
+
+log4j.logger.kafka.controller=TRACE, controllerAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.controller=false
+
+log4j.logger.kafka.log.LogCleaner=INFO, cleanerAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.log.LogCleaner=false
+
+log4j.logger.state.change.logger=INFO, stateChangeAppender
+log4j.additivity.state.change.logger=false
+
+# Access denials are logged at INFO level, change to DEBUG to also log allowed accesses
+log4j.logger.kafka.authorizer.logger=INFO, authorizerAppender
+log4j.additivity.kafka.authorizer.logger=false