diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
index 5af086173b90..02950d583811 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ protected String[] getStandardConfigLocations() {
 
 	private String[] getCurrentlySupportedConfigLocations() {
 		List<String> supportedConfigLocations = new ArrayList<>();
+		supportedConfigLocations.add("log4j2.properties");
 		if (isClassAvailable("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLParser")) {
 			Collections.addAll(supportedConfigLocations, "log4j2.yaml", "log4j2.yml");
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
index 8312648e4f84..ad5d938d9f98 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public void loggingThatUsesJulIsCaptured() {
 	@Test
 	public void configLocationsWithNoExtraDependencies() {
 		assertThat(this.loggingSystem.getStandardConfigLocations())
-				.contains("log4j2.xml");
+				.contains("log4j2.properties", "log4j2.xml");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ public void configLocationsWithJacksonDatabindAndDataformatYaml() {
 	@Test
 	public void springConfigLocations() {
 		String[] locations = getSpringConfigLocations(this.loggingSystem);
-		assertThat(locations).isEqualTo(new String[] { "log4j2-spring.xml" });
+		assertThat(locations).isEqualTo(
+				new String[] { "log4j2-spring.properties", "log4j2-spring.xml" });
 	}
 
 	@Test