diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LogConfigurator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LogConfigurator.java
index 6f8358e113d40..c6b4f0d0427a3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LogConfigurator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LogConfigurator.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.FileVisitOption;
 import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -242,6 +244,11 @@ public FileVisitResult visitFile(final Path file, final BasicFileAttributes attr
                     + "log4j2.properties but will stop this behavior in 7.0. You should manually replace `%node_name` with "
                     + "`[%node_name]%marker ` in these locations:\n  {}", deprecatedLocationsString);
         }
+
+        // Redirect stdout/stderr to log4j. While we ensure Elasticsearch code does not write to those streams,
+        // third party libraries may do that
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(new LoggingOutputStream(LogManager.getLogger("stdout"), Level.INFO), false, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(new LoggingOutputStream(LogManager.getLogger("stderr"), Level.WARN), false, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     }
 
     private static void configureStatusLogger() {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingOutputStream.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingOutputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..72d4b34da702d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingOutputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.common.logging;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * A stream whose output is sent to the configured logger, line by line.
+ */
+class LoggingOutputStream extends OutputStream {
+    /** The starting length of the buffer */
+    static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH = 1024;
+
+    // limit a single log message to 64k
+    static final int MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH = DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH * 64;
+
+    class Buffer {
+
+        /** The buffer of bytes sent to the stream */
+        byte[] bytes = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH];
+
+        /** Number of used bytes in the buffer */
+        int used = 0;
+    }
+
+    // each thread gets its own buffer so messages don't get garbled
+    ThreadLocal<Buffer> threadLocal = ThreadLocal.withInitial(Buffer::new);
+
+    private final Logger logger;
+
+    private final Level level;
+
+    LoggingOutputStream(Logger logger, Level level) {
+        this.logger = logger;
+        this.level = level;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(int b) throws IOException {
+        if (threadLocal == null) {
+            throw new IOException("buffer closed");
+        }
+        if (b == 0) return;
+        if (b == '\n') {
+            // always flush with newlines instead of adding to the buffer
+            flush();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Buffer buffer = threadLocal.get();
+
+        if (buffer.used == buffer.bytes.length) {
+            if (buffer.bytes.length >= MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH) {
+                // don't let the buffer get infinitely big
+                flush();
+                // we reset the buffer in flush so get the new instance
+                buffer = threadLocal.get();
+            } else {
+                // extend the buffer
+                buffer.bytes = Arrays.copyOf(buffer.bytes, 2 * buffer.bytes.length);
+            }
+        }
+
+        buffer.bytes[buffer.used++] = (byte) b;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() {
+        Buffer buffer = threadLocal.get();
+        if (buffer.used == 0) return;
+        log(new String(buffer.bytes, 0, buffer.used, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        if (buffer.bytes.length != DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH) {
+            threadLocal.set(new Buffer()); // reset size
+        } else {
+            buffer.used = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        threadLocal = null;
+    }
+
+    // pkg private for testing
+    void log(String msg) {
+        logger.log(level, msg);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingOutputStreamTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingOutputStreamTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0787ff78fafe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/LoggingOutputStreamTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.common.logging;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LoggingOutputStream.DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH;
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LoggingOutputStream.MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class LoggingOutputStreamTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    class TestLoggingOutputStream extends LoggingOutputStream {
+        List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        TestLoggingOutputStream() {
+            super(null, null);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        void log(String msg) {
+            lines.add(msg);
+        }
+    }
+
+    TestLoggingOutputStream loggingStream;
+    PrintStream printStream;
+
+    @Before
+    public void createStream() {
+        loggingStream = new TestLoggingOutputStream();
+        printStream = new PrintStream(loggingStream, false, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyLine() {
+        printStream.println("");
+        assertTrue(loggingStream.lines.isEmpty());
+        printStream.flush();
+        assertTrue(loggingStream.lines.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    public void testNull() {
+        printStream.write(0);
+        printStream.flush();
+        assertTrue(loggingStream.lines.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    public void testFlushOnNewline() {
+        printStream.println("hello");
+        printStream.println("world");
+        assertThat(loggingStream.lines, contains("hello", "world"));
+    }
+
+    public void testBufferExtension() {
+        String longStr = randomAlphaOfLength(DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH);
+        String extraLongStr = randomAlphaOfLength(DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH + 1);
+        printStream.println(longStr);
+        assertThat(loggingStream.threadLocal.get().bytes.length, equalTo(DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH));
+        printStream.println(extraLongStr);
+        assertThat(loggingStream.lines, contains(longStr, extraLongStr));
+        assertThat(loggingStream.threadLocal.get().bytes.length, equalTo(DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH));
+    }
+
+    public void testMaxBuffer() {
+        String longStr = randomAlphaOfLength(MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH);
+        String extraLongStr = longStr + "OVERFLOW";
+        printStream.println(longStr);
+        printStream.println(extraLongStr);
+        assertThat(loggingStream.lines, contains(longStr, longStr, "OVERFLOW"));
+    }
+
+    public void testClosed() {
+        loggingStream.close();
+        IOException e = expectThrows(IOException.class, () -> loggingStream.write('a'));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("buffer closed"));
+    }
+
+    public void testThreadIsolation() throws Exception {
+        printStream.print("from thread 1");
+        Thread thread2 = new Thread(() -> {
+            printStream.println("from thread 2");
+        });
+        thread2.start();
+        thread2.join();
+        printStream.flush();
+        assertThat(loggingStream.lines, contains("from thread 2", "from thread 1"));
+    }
+}