diff --git a/conf/log4j.properties.template b/conf/log4j.properties.template
index d72dbadc3904f327effddf99594045067be2f529..17d1978dde4d7ffad83621c4c548b844852462b7 100644
--- a/conf/log4j.properties.template
+++ b/conf/log4j.properties.template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Set everything to be logged to the console
 log4j.rootCategory=INFO, console
 log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
 log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}: %m%n
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
index d72dbadc3904f327effddf99594045067be2f529..17d1978dde4d7ffad83621c4c548b844852462b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Set everything to be logged to the console
 log4j.rootCategory=INFO, console
 log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
 log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}: %m%n