diff --git a/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/AbstractNeoServer.java b/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/AbstractNeoServer.java
index 5f0252113babb..1dff919752bde 100644
--- a/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/AbstractNeoServer.java
+++ b/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/AbstractNeoServer.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.util.Dependencies;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.util.JobScheduler;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.info.DiagnosticsManager;
+import org.neo4j.kernel.internal.Version;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport;
 import org.neo4j.logging.Log;
 import org.neo4j.logging.LogProvider;
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNeoServer implements NeoServer
             Pattern.compile( "/browser.*" ),
             Pattern.compile( "/" )
     };
+    public static final String NEO4J_IS_STARTING_MESSAGE = "======== Neo4j " + Version.getNeo4jVersion() + " ========";
 
     private final Database.Factory dbFactory;
     private final GraphDatabaseFacadeFactory.Dependencies dependencies;
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ public AbstractNeoServer( Config config, Database.Factory dbFactory,
         this.dependencies = dependencies;
         this.logProvider = logProvider;
         this.log = logProvider.getLog( getClass() );
+        log.info( NEO4J_IS_STARTING_MESSAGE );
 
         httpAddress = httpConnector( config, HttpConnector.Encryption.NONE )
                 .orElseThrow( () ->
diff --git a/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/NeoServerStartupLoggingIT.java b/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/NeoServerStartupLoggingIT.java
index 7f2e307780830..3d22a37cda42b 100644
--- a/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/NeoServerStartupLoggingIT.java
+++ b/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/NeoServerStartupLoggingIT.java
@@ -19,24 +19,26 @@
  */
 package org.neo4j.server;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import org.neo4j.logging.FormattedLogProvider;
 import org.neo4j.server.helpers.ServerHelper;
 import org.neo4j.server.rest.JaxRsResponse;
 import org.neo4j.server.rest.RestRequest;
 import org.neo4j.test.server.ExclusiveServerTestBase;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.NEO4J_IS_STARTING_MESSAGE;
 
 public class NeoServerStartupLoggingIT extends ExclusiveServerTestBase
 {
@@ -66,8 +68,9 @@ public static void stopServer()
     public void shouldLogStartup() throws Exception
     {
         // Check the logs
-        assertThat( out.toString().length(), is( greaterThan( 0 ) ) );
-
+        String logContent = out.toString();
+        assertThat( logContent.length(), is( greaterThan( 0 ) ) );
+        assertThat( logContent, containsString( NEO4J_IS_STARTING_MESSAGE ) );
         // Check the server is alive
         Client nonRedirectingClient = Client.create();
         nonRedirectingClient.setFollowRedirects( false );
diff --git a/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/integration/StartupLoggingIT.java b/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/integration/StartupLoggingIT.java
index ba568d73b37db..eda6118a233f5 100644
--- a/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/integration/StartupLoggingIT.java
+++ b/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/integration/StartupLoggingIT.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 
+import static org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.NEO4J_IS_STARTING_MESSAGE;
 import static org.neo4j.server.configuration.ServerSettings.httpConnector;
 
 public class StartupLoggingIT extends ExclusiveServerTestBase
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ public void shouldLogHelpfulStartupMessages() throws Throwable
         List<String> captured = suppressOutput.getOutputVoice().lines();
         assertThat( captured, containsAtLeastTheseLines(
                 warn( "Config file \\[nonexistent-file.conf\\] does not exist." ),
+                info( NEO4J_IS_STARTING_MESSAGE ),
                 info( "Starting..." ),
                 info( "Started." ),
                 info( "Remote interface available at http://.+:7474/" ),