diff --git a/run b/run
index ca25003708916193067dbdb5f46f7c4c98ad65ec..73239097b9f1ab86df0058f2975b71b95c268ecb 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 e8972690b8b6c8f7ec1bf3c8ef619e8fddaee8c5..d2d4807971d295cd131651aab8a6de49dc0d88c6 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%