diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/AbstractAlfrescoDistributedTest.java b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/AbstractAlfrescoDistributedTest.java
index d545f43e6..7fcef7193 100644
--- a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/AbstractAlfrescoDistributedTest.java
+++ b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/AbstractAlfrescoDistributedTest.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ import static org.alfresco.repo.search.adaptor.lucene.QueryConstants.FIELD_VERSI
 @ThreadLeakLingering(linger = 5000)
 public abstract class AbstractAlfrescoDistributedTest extends SolrTestInitializer
 {
-    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
     
     protected String[] deadServers;
     protected static SolrResponsesComparator solrComparator = new SolrResponsesComparator();