diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/share/log4j.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/share/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa7a414c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/share/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Set root logger level to error
+log4j.rootLogger=error, Console, File
+
+###### Console appender definition #######
+
+# All outputs currently set to be a ConsoleAppender.
+log4j.appender.Console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.Console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+
+# use log4j NDC to replace %x with tenant domain / username
+log4j.appender.Console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %x %-5p [%c{3}] [%t] %m%n
+#log4j.appender.Console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c] %m%n
+
+###### File appender definition #######
+log4j.appender.File=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.File.File=share.log
+log4j.appender.File.Append=true
+log4j.appender.File.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
+log4j.appender.File.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.File.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd} %d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c] [%t] %m%n
+
+# Spring
+log4j.logger.org.springframework=warn
+# Turn off Spring remoting warnings that should really be info or debug.
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.remoting.support=error
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.util=error
+
+# MyFaces
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.util.DebugUtils=info
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.el.VariableResolverImpl=error
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl=error
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.taglib=error
+
+# Alfresco
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco=error
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco.config=warn
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco.config.JndiObjectFactoryBean=warn
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco.web=info
+
+# Web Framework
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.extensions.webscripts=info
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptLogger=warn
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptDebugger=off
+
+# Freemarker
+# Note the freemarker.runtime logger is used to log non-fatal errors that are handled by Alfresco's retrying transaction handler
+log4j.logger.freemarker.runtime=
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Custom Share module logging goes here...
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-share-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/share/log4j.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-share-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/share/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa7a414c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-share-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/share/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Set root logger level to error
+log4j.rootLogger=error, Console, File
+
+###### Console appender definition #######
+
+# All outputs currently set to be a ConsoleAppender.
+log4j.appender.Console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.Console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+
+# use log4j NDC to replace %x with tenant domain / username
+log4j.appender.Console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %x %-5p [%c{3}] [%t] %m%n
+#log4j.appender.Console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c] %m%n
+
+###### File appender definition #######
+log4j.appender.File=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.File.File=share.log
+log4j.appender.File.Append=true
+log4j.appender.File.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
+log4j.appender.File.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.File.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd} %d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c] [%t] %m%n
+
+# Spring
+log4j.logger.org.springframework=warn
+# Turn off Spring remoting warnings that should really be info or debug.
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.remoting.support=error
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.util=error
+
+# MyFaces
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.util.DebugUtils=info
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.el.VariableResolverImpl=error
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl=error
+log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces.taglib=error
+
+# Alfresco
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco=error
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco.config=warn
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco.config.JndiObjectFactoryBean=warn
+log4j.logger.org.alfresco.web=info
+
+# Web Framework
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.extensions.webscripts=info
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptLogger=warn
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.ScriptDebugger=off
+
+# Freemarker
+# Note the freemarker.runtime logger is used to log non-fatal errors that are handled by Alfresco's retrying transaction handler
+log4j.logger.freemarker.runtime=
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Custom Share module logging goes here...
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
diff --git a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java
index 490277c7..2696305f 100644
--- a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java
+++ b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "maven.alfresco.shareContextPath", defaultValue = "/share")
     protected String shareContextPath;
 
+    /**
+     * Share Log4j.properties configuration cannot be customized via extension
+     * put on the classpath, like on the platform side.
+     * So we need to override the log4j.properties in share/WEB-INF/classes
+     * to be able to log from custom code.
+     * This property can be used to turn off this overriding, to produce a WAR with
+     * the standard Share log4j.properties file.
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "maven.alfresco.useCustomShareLog4jConfig", defaultValue = "true")
+    protected boolean useCustomShareLog4jConfig;
+
     /**
      * Switch to enable/disable the Alfresco REST API Explorer (api-explorer.war) when running embedded Tomcat.
      */
@@ -645,7 +656,7 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Copy the Activiti Log4J Dev config into the activiti-app/WEB-INF/classes dir.
+     * Copy the Activiti Log4J Dev config into the activitiApp-war/WEB-INF/classes dir.
      *
      * @throws MojoExecutionException
      */
@@ -678,6 +689,47 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Copy a custom Share Log4J config into the share-war/WEB-INF/classes dir.
+     * There is no custom classpath resolve mechanism for Share log4j,
+     * to log custom stuff overriding standard log4j.properties is needed.
+     *
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException
+     */
+    protected void copyShareLog4jConfig() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (!useCustomShareLog4jConfig) {
+            getLog().info("NOT overriding share/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final String warOutputDir = getWarOutputDir(SHARE_WAR_PREFIX_NAME);
+        final String logConfDestDir = warOutputDir + "/WEB-INF/classes";
+
+        getLog().info("Copying Share log4j.properties to: " + logConfDestDir);
+
+        executeMojo(
+                plugin(
+                        groupId("org.apache.maven.plugins"),
+                        artifactId("maven-resources-plugin"),
+                        version(MAVEN_RESOURCE_PLUGIN_VERSION)
+                ),
+                goal("copy-resources"),
+                configuration(
+                        element(name("outputDirectory"), logConfDestDir),
+                        element(name("resources"),
+                                element(name("resource"),
+                                        element(name("directory"), "src/test/resources/share"),
+                                        element(name("includes"),
+                                                element(name("include"), "log4j.properties")
+                                        ),
+                                        element(name("filtering"), "true")
+                                )
+                        )
+                ),
+                execEnv
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Build the customized Platform webapp (i.e. the Repository, alfresco.war)
      * that should be deployed by Tomcat by applying all AMPs and JARs from
@@ -707,6 +759,8 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
         buildCustomWarInDir(SHARE_WAR_PREFIX_NAME, shareModules,
                 alfrescoGroupId, alfrescoShareWarArtifactId, alfrescoShareVersion);
 
+        copyShareLog4jConfig();
+
         String shareWarArtifactId = packageAndInstallCustomWar(SHARE_WAR_PREFIX_NAME);
 
         // Set up the custom share war to be run by Tomcat plugin