diff --git a/bin/wayang-submit b/bin/wayang-submit
index a75380a68..2af90fb06 100755
--- a/bin/wayang-submit
+++ b/bin/wayang-submit
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ FLAGS+=(
 )
 
 if [ "${FLAG_LOG}" = "true" ]; then
-	FLAGS+=("-Dlog4j.configuration=file://${WAYANG_CONF}/log4j.properties")
+	FLAGS+=("-Dlog4j2.configurationFile=file://${WAYANG_CONF}/log4j2.properties")
 fi
 
 if [ "${FLAG_WAYANG}" = "true" ]; then
diff --git a/conf/log4j2.properties b/conf/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4785121f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Default Log4j 2 configuration for bin/wayang-submit.
+# It is only loaded when FLAG_LOG=true is set.
+
+# Log to stderr so that logs do not mix with the output of the application.
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = console
+appender.console.target = SYSTEM_ERR
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}: %m%n
+
+rootLogger.level = info
+rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = console
diff --git a/wayang-assembly/README.md b/wayang-assembly/README.md
index 52c59b3b6..84d59b2d8 100644
--- a/wayang-assembly/README.md
+++ b/wayang-assembly/README.md
@@ -89,4 +89,6 @@ docker run --rm \
 Additional platform libraries, such as JDBC drivers, can be supplied with
 `WAYANG_EXTRA_CLASSPATH`. A custom Wayang configuration can be mounted at
 `${WAYANG_HOME}/conf/wayang.properties` and activated with `FLAG_WAYANG=true`.
+Logging is configured with Log4j 2: set `FLAG_LOG=true` to load
+`${WAYANG_HOME}/conf/log4j2.properties`, which can be edited or replaced by a mounted file.
 Applications still need to register the platform plugins they use.