diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties b/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties
index 5963c39c089..5897658da49 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ log4j.additivity.kafka.server.KafkaApis=false
 log4j.logger.kafka.request.logger={{ log_level|default("DEBUG") }}, requestInfoAppender, requestDebugAppender
 log4j.additivity.kafka.request.logger=false
 
+log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.raft={{ log_level|default("DEBUG") }}, controllerInfoAppender, controllerDebugAppender
+log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.controller={{ log_level|default("DEBUG") }}, controllerInfoAppender, controllerDebugAppender
 log4j.logger.kafka.controller={{ log_level|default("DEBUG") }}, controllerInfoAppender, controllerDebugAppender
 log4j.additivity.kafka.controller=false