diff --git a/slf4j-reload4j/src/main/java/org/slf4j/reload4j/Reload4jLoggerAdapter.java b/slf4j-reload4j/src/main/java/org/slf4j/reload4j/Reload4jLoggerAdapter.java
index 90a305d3e..17a20f1a8 100644
--- a/slf4j-reload4j/src/main/java/org/slf4j/reload4j/Reload4jLoggerAdapter.java
+++ b/slf4j-reload4j/src/main/java/org/slf4j/reload4j/Reload4jLoggerAdapter.java
@@ -27,13 +27,21 @@
 import static org.slf4j.event.EventConstants.NA_SUBST;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LocationInfo;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.ThrowableInformation;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.Marker;
 import org.slf4j.event.DefaultLoggingEvent;
+import org.slf4j.event.KeyValuePair;
 import org.slf4j.event.LoggingEvent;
 import org.slf4j.event.SubstituteLoggingEvent;
 import org.slf4j.helpers.LegacyAbstractLogger;
@@ -175,8 +183,25 @@ private org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event2Log4jEvent(LoggingEvent event, L
             defaultLoggingEvent.setTimeStamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
         }
 
+        Map<String, Object> properties;
+
+        Hashtable mdcContext = MDC.getContext();
+        if (mdcContext != null) {
+            properties = mdcContext;
+        } else {
+            properties = Collections.emptyMap();
+        }
+
+        List<KeyValuePair> keyValuePairs = event.getKeyValuePairs();
+        if (keyValuePairs != null) {
+            Map<String, Object> newProperties = new HashMap<>(properties);
+            properties = event.getKeyValuePairs().stream().collect(
+                    Collectors.toMap(kvp -> kvp.key, kvp -> kvp.value, (a, b) -> b, () -> newProperties)
+            );
+        }
+
         org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent log4jEvent = new org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent(fqcn, logger, event.getTimeStamp(), log4jLevel, formattedMessage,
-                        event.getThreadName(), ti, null, locationInfo, null);
+                        event.getThreadName(), ti, null, locationInfo, properties);
 
         return log4jEvent;
     }
diff --git a/slf4j-reload4j/src/test/java/org/slf4j/reload4j/Reload4jLoggerAdapterTest.java b/slf4j-reload4j/src/test/java/org/slf4j/reload4j/Reload4jLoggerAdapterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfcf6fc18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slf4j-reload4j/src/test/java/org/slf4j/reload4j/Reload4jLoggerAdapterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package org.slf4j.reload4j;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.event.DefaultLoggingEvent;
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
+import org.slf4j.event.LoggingEvent;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
+
+public class Reload4jLoggerAdapterTest {
+    static Map<String, Object> propertiesFromConvertedEvent(LoggingEvent event) {
+        List<org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent> capturedEvents = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        Logger logger = Logger.getRootLogger();
+        logger.removeAllAppenders();
+        logger.addAppender(new AppenderSkeleton() {
+            @Override
+            public void close() {
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean requiresLayout() {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected void append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent loggingEvent) {
+                capturedEvents.add(loggingEvent);
+            }
+        });
+        Reload4jLoggerAdapter adapter = new Reload4jLoggerAdapter(logger);
+
+        adapter.log(event);
+
+        if (capturedEvents.size() != 1) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException();
+        }
+        return capturedEvents.get(0).getProperties();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void propertiesAreEmptyWhenNotProvided() {
+        LoggingEvent event = new DefaultLoggingEvent(Level.INFO, null);
+
+        assertEquals(emptyMap(), propertiesFromConvertedEvent(event));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void mdcContentsArePresentInEventProperties() {
+        try {
+            MDC.put("mdc-key", "value");
+            LoggingEvent event = new DefaultLoggingEvent(Level.INFO, null);
+            assertEquals(singletonMap("mdc-key", "value"), propertiesFromConvertedEvent(event));
+        } finally {
+            MDC.remove("mdc-key");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void keyValuesArePlacedInEventProperties() {
+        DefaultLoggingEvent event = new DefaultLoggingEvent(Level.INFO, null);
+        event.addKeyValue("kv-key", "value");
+
+        assertEquals(singletonMap("kv-key", "value"), propertiesFromConvertedEvent(event));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void mdcAndKeyValuesAreMergedInEventProperties() {
+        try {
+            MDC.put("mdc-key", "value");
+            DefaultLoggingEvent event = new DefaultLoggingEvent(Level.INFO, null);
+            event.addKeyValue("kv-key", "value");
+            Map<String, String> expectedProperties = new HashMap<>();
+            expectedProperties.put("mdc-key", "value");
+            expectedProperties.put("kv-key", "value");
+
+            assertEquals(expectedProperties,
+                    propertiesFromConvertedEvent(event));
+        } finally {
+            MDC.remove("mdc-key");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void keyValuePropertiesOverrideMdc() {
+        try {
+            MDC.put("clashing-key", "mdc-value");
+            DefaultLoggingEvent event = new DefaultLoggingEvent(Level.INFO, null);
+            event.addKeyValue("clashing-key", "kv-value");
+            assertEquals(
+                    singletonMap("clashing-key", "kv-value"),
+                    propertiesFromConvertedEvent(event));
+        } finally {
+            MDC.remove("clashing-key");
+        }
+    }
+}