diff --git a/apps/blank/pom.xml b/apps/blank/pom.xml
index 6ace01c76..765c9c46a 100644
--- a/apps/blank/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/blank/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-junit-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/apps/blank/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/apps/blank/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c5af7cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/blank/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+# Log4J Settings for log4j 1.2.x (via jakarta-commons-logging)
+#
+# The five logging levels used by Log are (in order):
+#
+#   1. DEBUG (the least serious)
+#   2. INFO
+#   3. WARN
+#   4. ERROR
+#   5. FATAL (the most serious)
+
+
+# Set root logger level to WARN and append to stdout
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+
+# Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number.
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %5p (%c:%L) - %m%n
+
+# Print only messages of level ERROR or above in the package noModule.
+log4j.logger.noModule=FATAL
+
+log4j.logger.com.opensymphony.xwork2=DEBUG
+log4j.logger.org.apache.struts2=DEBUG