diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd34e43f2..36bb9b097 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
 				<groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
 				<version>${cassandra-driver-core.version}</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+						<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- Spring -->
@@ -116,6 +122,12 @@
 				<version>${spring}</version>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+				<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				<version>1.7.4</version>
+			</dependency>
+
 			<!-- CDI -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/pom.xml b/spring-cassandra/pom.xml
index c408c397c..db65767f3 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.cassandraunit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cassandra-unit</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/spring-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72ad7057e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+
+	<appender name="console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<!-- pattern>%d %5p %40.40c:%4L - %m%n</pattern-->
+			<pattern>%d %5p | %t | %-55logger{55} | %m | %n</pattern>
+			
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="org.springframework.cassandra" level="debug" />
+
+	<root level="warn">
+		<appender-ref ref="console" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>
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diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index 780f10cfa..f0f7c6d0f 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.cassandraunit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cassandra-unit</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72ad7057e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+
+	<appender name="console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<!-- pattern>%d %5p %40.40c:%4L - %m%n</pattern-->
+			<pattern>%d %5p | %t | %-55logger{55} | %m | %n</pattern>
+			
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="org.springframework.cassandra" level="debug" />
+
+	<root level="warn">
+		<appender-ref ref="console" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file