diff --git a/import-marc.bat b/import-marc.bat
index 2a2bcc963813d4f9bc01174c32d962c09fa038ce..dca28dbb708a9f28c4d6054f6a37df5e363b514e 100644
--- a/import-marc.bat
+++ b/import-marc.bat
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rem     Path to the java
 rem INDEX_OPTIONS
 rem     Options to pass to the JVM
 
-rem Make sure that environment edits are local and that we have access to the 
+rem Make sure that environment edits are local and that we have access to the
 rem Windows command extensions.
 setlocal enableextensions
 if not errorlevel 1 goto extensionsokay
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ rem ##################################################
 rem # Set VUFIND_HOME
 rem ##################################################
 if not "!%VUFIND_HOME%!"=="!!" goto vufindhomefound
-rem VUFIND_HOME not set -- try to call env.bat to 
+rem VUFIND_HOME not set -- try to call env.bat to
 rem fix the problem before we give up completely
 if exist env.bat goto useenvbat
 rem If env.bat doesn't exist, the user hasn't run the installer yet.
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@ echo WARNING: VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR environment variable is not set. Is this intentio
 set PROPERTIES_FILE=%VUFIND_HOME%\import\import.properties
 :propertiesfound
 
+rem ##################################################
+rem # Set log4j config file if not already provided
+rem ##################################################
+if defined LOG4J_CONFIG goto log4jfound
+if not exist %VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR%\import\log4j.properties goto nolocallog4j
+set LOG4J_CONFIG=%VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR%\import\log4j.properties
+goto log4jfound
+:nolocallog4j
+set LOG4J_CONFIG=%VUFIND_HOME%\import\log4j.properties
+:log4jfound
+
 rem ##################################################
 rem # Set Command Options
 rem ##################################################
@@ -108,7 +119,7 @@ for %%a in (%VUFIND_HOME%\import\solrmarc_core_*.jar) do set JAR_FILE=%%a
 rem #####################################################
 rem # Execute Importer
 rem #####################################################
-set RUN_CMD=%JAVA% %INDEX_OPTIONS% -Duser.timezone=UTC %EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS% -jar %JAR_FILE% %PROPERTIES_FILE% -solrj %VUFIND_HOME%\solr\vendor\dist\solrj-lib %1
+set RUN_CMD=%JAVA% %INDEX_OPTIONS% -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dlog4j.configuration="file:///%LOG4J_CONFIG%" %EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS% -jar %JAR_FILE% %PROPERTIES_FILE% -solrj %VUFIND_HOME%\solr\vendor\dist\solrj-lib %1
 echo Now Importing %1 ...
 echo %RUN_CMD%
 %RUN_CMD%
diff --git a/import-marc.sh b/import-marc.sh
index 4965ca45b33e47393fe7b31440a8e8f4e98738c7..309cc11501e7a5cf98206ab2fba0a819291a3b41 100755
--- a/import-marc.sh
+++ b/import-marc.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ then
   fi
 fi
 
+##################################################
+# Set log4j config file if not already provided
+##################################################
+if [ -z "$LOG4J_CONFIG" ]
+then
+  if [ -f "$VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR/import/log4j.properties" ]
+  then
+    LOG4J_CONFIG="$VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR/import/log4j.properties"
+  else
+    LOG4J_CONFIG="$VUFIND_HOME/import/log4j.properties"
+  fi
+fi
+
 ##################################################
 # Set Command Options
 ##################################################
@@ -127,7 +140,7 @@ MARC_FILE=`basename $1`
 # Execute Importer
 #####################################################
 
-RUN_CMD="$JAVA $INDEX_OPTIONS -Duser.timezone=UTC $EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS -jar $JAR_FILE $PROPERTIES_FILE -solrj $VUFIND_HOME/solr/vendor/dist/solrj-lib $MARC_PATH/$MARC_FILE"
+RUN_CMD="$JAVA $INDEX_OPTIONS -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dlog4j.configuration=file://$LOG4J_CONFIG $EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS -jar $JAR_FILE $PROPERTIES_FILE -solrj $VUFIND_HOME/solr/vendor/dist/solrj-lib $MARC_PATH/$MARC_FILE"
 echo "Now Importing $1 ..."
 # solrmarc writes log messages to stderr, write RUN_CMD to the same place
 echo "`date '+%h %d, %H:%M:%S'` $RUN_CMD" >&2