diff --git a/run b/run
index 2c29cc4a6641cd6f11f80f5485b34ab27528006e..ceb6e5817329fb6dd0323f1a8c3733514f8fde79 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ fi
 # values for that; it doesn't need a lot
 if [ "$1" = "spark.deploy.master.Master" -o "$1" = "spark.deploy.worker.Worker" ]; then
   SPARK_MEM=${SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY:-512m}
+  SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS+="-Dspark.akka.logLifecycleEvents=true"
   SPARK_JAVA_OPTS=$SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS   # Empty by default
 fi
 
diff --git a/run2.cmd b/run2.cmd
index cb20a4b7a2f9a228cf66febbba429e5d39ecb60b..cfbb35ddca991ad637c77ebff676e56f2a71edb2 100644
--- a/run2.cmd
+++ b/run2.cmd
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ set RUNNING_DAEMON=0
 if "%1"=="spark.deploy.master.Master" set RUNNING_DAEMON=1
 if "%1"=="spark.deploy.worker.Worker" set RUNNING_DAEMON=1
 if "x%SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY%" == "x" set SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY=512m
+set SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS=%SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS% -Dspark.akka.logLifecycleEvents=true
 if "%RUNNING_DAEMON%"=="1" set SPARK_MEM=%SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY%
 if "%RUNNING_DAEMON%"=="1" set SPARK_JAVA_OPTS=%SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS%