diff --git a/distro/Makefile b/distro/Makefile
index f6543dcc..bc485bc3 100644
--- a/distro/Makefile
+++ b/distro/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ MC_INSTALL_NAME=hazelcast-management-center-${MC_VERSION}
 MC_INSTALL_TAR=${MC_INSTALL_NAME}.tar.gz
 HZ_BIN=${DIST}/${HZ_INSTALL_NAME}/bin
 HZ_LIB=${DIST}/${HZ_INSTALL_NAME}/lib
+HZ_CONFIG=${DIST}/${HZ_INSTALL_NAME}/config
 DIST=build/dist
 
 .PHONY: all clean clean-all clean-dist get-artifacts package
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ get-artifacts:
 	cp src/bin/download/hazelcast-download.properties ${HZ_BIN}/download
 	cp src/bin/hazelcast-*-logging.properties ${HZ_BIN}
 	cp src/bin/hz ${HZ_BIN}
+	cp src/config/log4j2.properties ${HZ_CONFIG}
 	sed -i.bak 's+HZ_VERSION+${HZ_VERSION}+g' ${HZ_BIN}/hz
 	sed -i.bak 's+CLI_VERSION+${CLI_VERSION}+g' ${HZ_BIN}/hz
 	rm ${HZ_BIN}/hz.bak
diff --git a/distro/src/config/log4j2.properties b/distro/src/config/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..118969e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/src/config/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2021, Hazelcast, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+appender.console.type=Console
+appender.console.name=STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type=PatternLayout
+# There is an issue with the default logging pattern on s390x architecture
+# This is set in the hazelcast-start script based on the running architecture
+appender.console.layout.pattern=${env:LOGGING_PATTERN}
+
+rootLogger.level=${env:LOGGING_LEVEL}
+rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref=STDOUT
+
+logger.internal.name=com.hazelcast.internal.cluster
+# Change this level to debug to diagnose failed cluster formation:
+logger.internal.level=${env:LOGGING_LEVEL}
+
+logger.jet.name=com.hazelcast.jet
+# Change this level to debug to add more logging for Jet:
+logger.jet.level=${env:LOGGING_LEVEL}