diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec509767..2da647fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1868,10 +1868,16 @@
                   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                   <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                 </artifactItem>
-                <artifactItem>
+                <!--
+                    Disabled because for some reason (and it's not because logging-activator was
+                    merged into common-utils) it does not work anymore when used in the
+                    assembly. (It does work in unit tests.) As a workaround, log JUL messages to
+                    stdout through the logging.properties configuration file.
+                -->
+                <!--<artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                   <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-                </artifactItem>
+                </artifactItem>-->
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                   <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -3308,6 +3314,7 @@
                       <excludes>
                         felix.properties,
                         logback.xml,
+                        logging.properties,
                         pipeline.properties
                       </excludes>
                       <mapper>
@@ -3332,6 +3339,11 @@
                       <src>src/main/resources/etc/logback.xml</src>
                       <dst>${deb.pipeline.config}/logback.xml</dst>
                     </data>
+                    <data>
+                      <type>file</type>
+                      <src>src/main/resources/etc/logging.properties</src>
+                      <dst>${deb.pipeline.config}/logging.properties</dst>
+                    </data>
                     <data>
                       <type>link</type>
                       <symlink>true</symlink>
diff --git a/src/main/deb/DEBIAN/conffiles b/src/main/deb/DEBIAN/conffiles
index c3a92e8d..fedd11c6 100644
--- a/src/main/deb/DEBIAN/conffiles
+++ b/src/main/deb/DEBIAN/conffiles
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ${deb.pipeline.config}/logback.xml
+${deb.pipeline.config}/logging.properties
 /etc/default/daisy-pipeline2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2 b/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2
index b198890c..b0c41400 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2
+++ b/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ run() {
     
     # Logback configuration file
     SYSTEM_PROPS="${SYSTEM_PROPS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=\"file:${PIPELINE2_CONFIG}/logback.xml\""
+    SYSTEM_PROPS="${SYSTEM_PROPS} -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${PIPELINE2_CONFIG}/logging.properties"
 
     # to make ${org.daisy.pipeline.data} available in felix.properties (for felix.cache.rootdir)
     if [ "$ENABLE_OSGI" = "true" ]; then
diff --git a/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2.bat b/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2.bat
index d194e9fa..e4e46a2c 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2.bat
+++ b/src/main/resources/bin/pipeline2.bat
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ goto :RUN_LOOP
 
     rem Logback configuration file
     set SYSTEM_PROPS=%SYSTEM_PROPS% -Dlogback.configurationFile="file:%PIPELINE2_HOME:\=/%/etc/logback.xml"
+    set SYSTEM_PROPS=%SYSTEM_PROPS% -Djava.util.logging.config.file="%PIPELINE2_HOME:\=/%/etc/logging.properties"
     rem to make ${org.daisy.pipeline.data} available in felix.properties (for felix.cache.rootdir)
     if %ENABLE_OSGI% == true (
         set SYSTEM_PROPS=%SYSTEM_PROPS% -Dorg.daisy.pipeline.data="%PIPELINE2_DATA%"
diff --git a/src/main/resources/etc/logging.properties b/src/main/resources/etc/logging.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aeef676f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/etc/logging.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+handlers= java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
+.level= FINE
+java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = FINE
+java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
+org.restlet.level = SEVERE
+com.sun.jna.level = INFO
+sun.rmi.level = INFO