--- a/conf/log4j.properties	2012-09-30 12:53:31.000000000 -0500
+++ b/conf/log4j.properties	2013-06-25 12:28:56.833948571 -0500
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Define some default values that can be overridden by system properties
-zookeeper.root.logger=INFO, CONSOLE
+zookeeper.root.logger=INFO, SYSTEMD
 zookeeper.console.threshold=INFO
-zookeeper.log.dir=.
+zookeeper.systemd.threshold=INFO
+zookeeper.log.dir=/var/log/zookeeper
 zookeeper.log.file=zookeeper.log
 zookeeper.log.threshold=DEBUG
-zookeeper.tracelog.dir=.
+zookeeper.tracelog.dir=/var/log/zookeeper
 zookeeper.tracelog.file=zookeeper_trace.log
 
 #
@@ -56,3 +57,8 @@
 log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 ### Notice we are including log4j's NDC here (%x)
 log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L][%x] - %m%n
+
+log4j.appender.SYSTEMD=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.SYSTEMD.Threshold=${zookeeper.systemd.threshold}
+log4j.appender.SYSTEMD.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.SYSTEMD.layout.ConversionPattern=[myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n