diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0cf69d7..01a131f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@
                             <source>${basedir}/target/dragoon-${project.version}-jar-with-dependencies.jar</source>
                             <target>/opt/dragoon/dragoon.jar</target>
                         </fileSet>
+                        <fileSet>
+                            <source>${basedir}/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml</source>
+                            <target>/opt/dragoon/log4j2.xml</target>
+                        </fileSet>
                     </fileSets>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -201,6 +205,17 @@
                                 </source>
                             </sources>
                         </mapping>
+                        <mapping>
+                            <directory>/opt/dragoon/log4j2.xml</directory>
+                            <filemode>755</filemode>
+                            <username>dragoon</username>
+                            <groupname>dragoon</groupname>
+                            <sources>
+                                <source>
+                                    <location>${basedir}/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml</location>
+                                </source>
+                            </sources>
+                        </mapping>
                         <mapping>
                             <directory>/etc/dragoon</directory>
                             <configuration>true</configuration>
diff --git a/src/build/deb/etc/systemd/system/dragoon.service b/src/build/deb/etc/systemd/system/dragoon.service
index 2b7bbea..3f70432 100644
--- a/src/build/deb/etc/systemd/system/dragoon.service
+++ b/src/build/deb/etc/systemd/system/dragoon.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description=Dragoon video transcoder service
 [Service]
 User=dragoon
 Group=dragoon
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar '/opt/dragoon/dragoon.jar'
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar '/opt/dragoon/dragoon.jar' -Dlog4j.configurationFile=/opt/dragoon/log4j2.xml
 SuccessExitStatus=143
 
 [Install]