diff --git a/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/build.xml b/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/build.xml
index 29e99b63dd60..0dd558349d1f 100644
--- a/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/build.xml
+++ b/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/build.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,31 @@
 -->
 <project name="platform/o.apache.commons.logging" default="build" basedir=".">
     <import file="../../nbbuild/templates/projectized.xml"/>
-    <target name="jar" depends="-define-FileCRC32Calculator">
+    <!--
+        The NetBeans module org.apache.commons.logging is just a repackaging
+        of the original bundle, the bulk of the module is a verbatim copy of
+        the original commons-logging.
+    -->
+    <target name="jar" depends="-prepare-mandatory-files-for-module,projectized-common.jar,-define-FileCRC32Calculator">
         <FileCRC32Calculator file="external/commons-logging-1.3.1.jar" property="o.apache.commons.logging.crc32" />
         <jar jarfile="${cluster}/${module.jar}">
             <zipfileset src="external/commons-logging-1.3.1.jar"/>
+            <!--
+                The module source code consists only of a bundle activator, that
+                configures commons-logging to log using java.util.logging. The
+                built classes must be included in the rebuild jar.
+            -->
+            <fileset dir="build/classes" 
+                     includes="**/*"
+                     excludes="META-INF/LICENSE META-INF/NOTICE"
+            >
+            </fileset>
             <manifest>
                 <attribute name="Bundle-SymbolicName" value="org.apache.commons.logging"/>
                 <attribute name="Bundle-Version" value="1.3.1"/>
+                <!-- register the BundleActivator, so that commons-logging is propertly configured -->
+                <attribute name="Bundle-Activator" value="org.netbeans.modules.commonslogging.CommonsLoggingBundleActivator"/>
+                <attribute name="Import-Package" value="org.osgi.framework"/>
                 <attribute name="Export-Package" value="org.apache.commons.logging;version=&quot;1.3.1&quot;,org.apache.commons.logging.impl;version=&quot;1.3.1&quot;"/>
                 <attribute name="NB-Original-CRC" value="${o.apache.commons.logging.crc32}"/>
             </manifest>
diff --git a/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/nbproject/project.xml b/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/nbproject/project.xml
index d8436d0cd5f1..976fa01a9e9c 100644
--- a/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>org-apache-commons-logging.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>external/commons-logging-1.3.1.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
+            <class-path-extension>
+                <runtime-relative-path></runtime-relative-path>
+                <binary-origin>../libs.osgi/external/osgi.core-8.0.0.jar</binary-origin>
+            </class-path-extension>
         </data>
     </configuration>
 </project>
diff --git a/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/src/org/netbeans/modules/commonslogging/CommonsLoggingBundleActivator.java b/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/src/org/netbeans/modules/commonslogging/CommonsLoggingBundleActivator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..444e706a592d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/o.apache.commons.logging/src/org/netbeans/modules/commonslogging/CommonsLoggingBundleActivator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.netbeans.modules.commonslogging;
+
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+
+
+public class CommonsLoggingBundleActivator implements BundleActivator {
+
+    @Override
+    public void start(BundleContext bc) throws Exception {
+        // Configure commons-logging to log using java.util.logging unless
+        // overridden by the user
+        if((! System.getProperties().containsKey("org.apache.commons.logging.Log"))
+                && (! System.getProperties().containsKey("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory"))) {
+            System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.Log", "org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger");
+            System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory", "org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop(BundleContext bc) throws Exception {
+    }
+
+}