diff --git a/config/connect-log4j.properties b/config/connect-log4j.properties
index d4b7adb39bc..f695e37eb34 100644
--- a/config/connect-log4j.properties
+++ b/config/connect-log4j.properties
@@ -13,19 +13,31 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
-
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout, connectAppender
 
+# Send the logs to the console.
+#
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 
+# Send the logs to a file, rolling the file at midnight local time. For example, the `File` option specifies the
+# location of the log files (e.g. ${kafka.logs.dir}/connect.log), and at midnight local time the file is closed
+# and copied in the same directory but with a filename that ends in the `DatePattern` option.
 #
+log4j.appender.connectAppender=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.connectAppender.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd-HH
+log4j.appender.connectAppender.File=${kafka.logs.dir}/connect.log
+log4j.appender.connectAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+
 # The `%X{connector.context}` parameter in the layout includes connector-specific and task-specific information
 # in the log message, where appropriate. This makes it easier to identify those log messages that apply to a
 # specific connector. Simply add this parameter to the log layout configuration below to include the contextual information.
 #
-#log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %X{connector.context}%m (%c:%L)%n
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n
+connect.log.pattern=[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n
+#connect.log.pattern=[%d] %p %X{connector.context}%m (%c:%L)%n
+
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=${connect.log.pattern}
+log4j.appender.connectAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=${connect.log.pattern}
 
 log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=ERROR
 log4j.logger.org.reflections=ERROR