diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 7b83364ed0..e3d70fdee4 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
     ivyLoggingLevel in ThisBuild := UpdateLogging.Quiet,
 
     parallelExecution in Test := System.getProperty("akka.parallelExecution", "false").toBoolean,
+    logBuffered in Test := System.getProperty("akka.logBufferedTests", "false").toBoolean,
 
     excludeTestNames := useExcludeTestNames,
     excludeTestTags := useExcludeTestTags,