diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/ognl/SecurityMemberAccess.java b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/ognl/SecurityMemberAccess.java
index ecda59a9d..530be6521 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/ognl/SecurityMemberAccess.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/ognl/SecurityMemberAccess.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public class SecurityMemberAccess extends DefaultMemberAccess {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isAccessible(Map context, Object target, Member member, String propertyName) {
+        LOG.debug("Checking access for [target: {}, member: {}, property: {}] is deprecated!", target, member, propertyName);
+
         if (checkEnumAccess(target, member)) {
             LOG.trace("Allowing access to enum: {}", target);
             return true;
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/struts-default.xml b/core/src/main/resources/struts-default.xml
index bf384e321..005714d5e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/struts-default.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/struts-default.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <!-- constant name="struts.excludedPackageNamePatterns" value="^java\.lang\..*,^ognl.*,^(?!javax\.servlet\..+)(javax\..+)" / -->
 
     <!-- this is simpler version of the above used with string comparison -->
-    <constant name="struts.excludedPackageNames" value="java.lang.,ognl,javax" />
+    <constant name="struts.excludedPackageNames" value="java.lang.,ognl,javax,freemarker.core,freemarker.template" />
 
     <bean class="com.opensymphony.xwork2.ObjectFactory" name="struts"/>
     <bean type="com.opensymphony.xwork2.factory.ResultFactory" name="struts" class="org.apache.struts2.factory.StrutsResultFactory" />