diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties b/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties
index be5dbb7f16..9dbe22bedd 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/services/kafka/templates/log4j.properties
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@ log4j.additivity.state.change.logger=false
 log4j.logger.kafka.authorizer.logger={{ log_level|default("DEBUG") }}, authorizerInfoAppender, authorizerDebugAppender
 log4j.additivity.kafka.authorizer.logger=false
 
-log4j.logger.com.automq.stream={{ log_level|default("DEBUG") }}, kafkaInfoAppender
+log4j.logger.com.automq.stream={{ log_level|default("DEBUG") }}, kafkaInfoAppender, kafkaDebugAppender
 log4j.additivity.com.automq.stream=false