diff --git a/parquet-avro/pom.xml b/parquet-avro/pom.xml
index eb8d3b1e5b..94343438df 100644
--- a/parquet-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-avro/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml b/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml
index f0deba3457..ae50b5b6e7 100644
--- a/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@
         <version>${jmh.version}</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/parquet-cascading/pom.xml b/parquet-cascading/pom.xml
index 81b955cb39..0cd858886e 100644
--- a/parquet-cascading/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-cascading/pom.xml
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
       <artifactId>parquet-column</artifactId>
diff --git a/parquet-column/pom.xml b/parquet-column/pom.xml
index f2a0f4c564..ccceafae2a 100644
--- a/parquet-column/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-column/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
       <version>1.3.149</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/parquet-common/pom.xml b/parquet-common/pom.xml
index 6697e3b260..d4fb8eef2b 100644
--- a/parquet-common/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-common/pom.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,23 @@
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.semver</groupId>
-        <artifactId>api</artifactId>
-        <version>${semver.api.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.semver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+      <version>${semver.api.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/Log.java b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/Log.java
index a39f4b2e6d..e05465b559 100644
--- a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/Log.java
+++ b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/Log.java
@@ -18,16 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.parquet;
 
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.text.MessageFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.logging.Formatter;
-import java.util.logging.Handler;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import java.util.logging.StreamHandler;
 
 /**
  * Simple wrapper around java.util.logging
@@ -53,61 +46,11 @@ public class Log {
   public static final boolean WARN = (LEVEL.intValue() <= Level.WARNING.intValue());
   public static final boolean ERROR = (LEVEL.intValue() <= Level.SEVERE.intValue());
 
-  static {
-    // add a default handler in case there is none
-    Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Log.class.getPackage().getName());
-    Handler[] handlers = logger.getHandlers();
-    if (handlers == null || handlers.length == 0) {
-      logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);
-      StreamHandler handler = new StreamHandler(System.out, new Formatter() {
-        Date dat = new Date();
-        private final static String format = "{0,date} {0,time}";
-        private MessageFormat formatter = new MessageFormat(format);
-
-        private Object args[] = new Object[1];
-
-        /**
-         * Format the given LogRecord.
-         * @param record the log record to be formatted.
-         * @return a formatted log record
-         */
-        public synchronized String format(LogRecord record) {
-          StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-          // Minimize memory allocations here.
-          dat.setTime(record.getMillis());
-          args[0] = dat;
-          formatter.format(args, sb, null);
-          sb.append(" ");
-          sb.append(record.getLevel().getLocalizedName());
-          sb.append(": ");
-          sb.append(record.getLoggerName());
-
-          sb.append(": ");
-          sb.append(formatMessage(record));
-          sb.append("\n");
-          if (record.getThrown() != null) {
-            try {
-              StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
-              PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
-              record.getThrown().printStackTrace(pw);
-              pw.close();
-              sb.append(sw.toString());
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-            }
-          }
-          return sb.toString();
-        }
-      });
-      handler.setLevel(LEVEL);
-      logger.addHandler(handler);
-    }
-    logger.setLevel(LEVEL);
-  }
-
   /**
    *
    * @param c the current class
    * @return the corresponding logger
+   * @deprecated will be removed in 2.0.0; use org.slf4j.LoggerFactory instead.
    */
   public static Log getLog(Class<?> c) {
     return new Log(c);
@@ -116,7 +59,7 @@ public static Log getLog(Class<?> c) {
   private Logger logger;
 
   public Log(Class<?> c) {
-    this.logger = Logger.getLogger(c.getName());
+    this.logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(c);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -125,9 +68,9 @@ public Log(Class<?> c) {
    */
   public void debug(Object m) {
     if (m instanceof Throwable) {
-      logger.log(Level.FINE, "", (Throwable)m);
+      logger.debug("", (Throwable) m);
     } else {
-      logger.fine(String.valueOf(m));
+      logger.debug(String.valueOf(m));
     }
   }
 
@@ -137,7 +80,7 @@ public void debug(Object m) {
    * @param t
    */
   public void debug(Object m, Throwable t) {
-    logger.log(Level.FINE, String.valueOf(m), t);
+    logger.debug(String.valueOf(m), t);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -146,7 +89,7 @@ public void debug(Object m, Throwable t) {
    */
   public void info(Object m) {
     if (m instanceof Throwable) {
-      logger.log(Level.INFO, "", (Throwable)m);
+      logger.info("", (Throwable) m);
     } else {
       logger.info(String.valueOf(m));
     }
@@ -158,7 +101,7 @@ public void info(Object m) {
    * @param t
    */
   public void info(Object m, Throwable t) {
-    logger.log(Level.INFO, String.valueOf(m), t);
+    logger.info(String.valueOf(m), t);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -167,9 +110,9 @@ public void info(Object m, Throwable t) {
    */
   public void warn(Object m) {
     if (m instanceof Throwable) {
-      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "", (Throwable)m);
+      logger.warn("", (Throwable) m);
     } else {
-      logger.warning(String.valueOf(m));
+      logger.warn(String.valueOf(m));
     }
   }
 
@@ -179,7 +122,7 @@ public void warn(Object m) {
    * @param t
    */
   public void warn(Object m, Throwable t) {
-    logger.log(Level.WARNING, String.valueOf(m), t);
+    logger.warn(String.valueOf(m), t);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -188,9 +131,9 @@ public void warn(Object m, Throwable t) {
    */
   public void error(Object m) {
     if (m instanceof Throwable) {
-      logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "", (Throwable)m);
+      logger.error("", (Throwable) m);
     } else {
-      logger.warning(String.valueOf(m));
+      logger.error(String.valueOf(m));
     }
   }
 
@@ -200,7 +143,7 @@ public void error(Object m) {
    * @param t
    */
   public void error(Object m, Throwable t) {
-    logger.log(Level.SEVERE, String.valueOf(m), t);
+    logger.error(String.valueOf(m), t);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/parquet-encoding/pom.xml b/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
index 7765535893..f8723741b3 100644
--- a/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@
       <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml b/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml
index 2f2e932f72..4c4318212f 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
       <artifactId>parquet-jackson</artifactId>
@@ -73,12 +67,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>11.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
       <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
@@ -86,6 +74,18 @@
       <type>jar</type>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
+      <version>1.5.4</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <version>11.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.4</version>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/parquet-pig/pom.xml b/parquet-pig/pom.xml
index afab22dcbb..9b6371e251 100644
--- a/parquet-pig/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-pig/pom.xml
@@ -79,12 +79,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
       <artifactId>parquet-column</artifactId>
@@ -110,6 +104,12 @@
       <version>11.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
index 55c38fe082..b3e4e501f9 100644
--- a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/parquet-scala/pom.xml b/parquet-scala/pom.xml
index 9b842e1c50..38ceb1b1fe 100644
--- a/parquet-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-scala/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
       <version>2.2.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/parquet-scrooge/pom.xml b/parquet-scrooge/pom.xml
index 244302db8f..7e587f1e7f 100644
--- a/parquet-scrooge/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-scrooge/pom.xml
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
       <artifactId>parquet-column</artifactId>
diff --git a/parquet-thrift/pom.xml b/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
index fd4668bded..2583870c9e 100644
--- a/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
       <artifactId>parquet-column</artifactId>
@@ -121,6 +115,12 @@
       <version>${thrift.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/parquet-tools/pom.xml b/parquet-tools/pom.xml
index e7cfbb7f91..5d3f7c958a 100644
--- a/parquet-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-tools/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
       <version>11.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c769ad3696..3588de567d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
     <hadoop.version>1.1.0</hadoop.version>
     <cascading.version>2.5.3</cascading.version>
     <parquet.format.version>2.3.0-incubating</parquet.format.version>
-    <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <previous.version>1.7.0</previous.version>
     <thrift.executable>thrift</thrift.executable>
     <scala.version>2.10.4</scala.version>
@@ -352,6 +351,16 @@
         <version>2.10</version>
         <configuration>
           <argLine>-Xmx512m</argLine>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <!-- Configure Parquet logging during tests
+                 See http://www.slf4j.org/api/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.html
+                 -->
+            <org.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel>info</org.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel>
+            <org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime>true</org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime>
+            <org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat>YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat>
+            <org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showThreadName>false</org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showThreadName>
+            <org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showShortLogName>true</org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showShortLogName>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>**/benchmark/*.java</exclude>
           </excludes>