diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
index 2bc11e8b9..52cd0a3f2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ui</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j-version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j-version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4j-version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/log4j.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a2e48011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+log4j.rootLogger=WARNING, stderr
+
+log4j.appender.stderr=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stderr.Target=System.err
+log4j.appender.stderr.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stderr.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78af6fe44..4b8ac43eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -561,6 +561,24 @@
         <groupId>log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         <version>${log4j-version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jms</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>