diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
index fece8a1afbc..807357997c0 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.18</version>
                 <configuration>
+		    <systemPropertyVariables>
+            		 <log4j.configuration>file:src/test/resources/log4j.properties</log4j.configuration>
+        	    </systemPropertyVariables>
                     <suiteXmlFiles>
                         <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                     </suiteXmlFiles>
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7da6d6c9e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2009 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+#
+# This is the log4j configuration file used by WSO2 Carbon
+#
+# IMPORTANT : Please do not remove or change the names of any
+# of the Appenders defined here. The layout pattern & log file
+# can be changed using the WSO2 Carbon Management Console, and those
+# settings will override the settings in this file.
+#
+
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, STD_OUT
+ 
+# Redirect log messages to console
+log4j.appender.STD_OUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.STD_OUT.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.STD_OUT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.STD_OUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n