diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/conf/kms-log4j.properties b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/conf/kms-log4j.properties
index 15ff436090..04a3cf3566 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/conf/kms-log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/conf/kms-log4j.properties
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ log4j.additivity.kms-audit=false
 
 log4j.rootLogger=INFO, kms
 log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=INFO
-log4j.logger.com.sun.jersey.server.wadl.generators.WadlGeneratorJAXBGrammarGenerator=OFF
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+log4j.logger.com.sun.jersey.server.wadl.generators.WadlGeneratorJAXBGrammarGenerator=OFF
+# make zookeeper log level an explicit config, and not changing with rootLogger.
+log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.curator=INFO
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