diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridge.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridge.java
index a6b63b91cf888..bf1d70d77684d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridge.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridge.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.logging.LogManager;
 import org.elasticsearch.logging.Logger;
 
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NavigableMap;
 import java.util.logging.Handler;
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@
  * A Java Util Logging handler that writes log messages to the Elasticsearch logging framework.
  */
 class JULBridge extends Handler {
-
     private static final Map<java.util.logging.Level, Level> levelMap = Map.of(
         java.util.logging.Level.OFF,
         Level.OFF,
@@ -53,17 +54,22 @@ public static void install() {
         rootJulLogger.addHandler(new JULBridge());
     }
 
-    private JULBridge() {}
+    private JULBridge() {
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void publish(LogRecord record) {
         Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(record.getLoggerName());
         Level level = translateJulLevel(record.getLevel());
         Throwable thrown = record.getThrown();
-        if (thrown == null) {
-            logger.log(level, record.getMessage());
+        if (record.getMessage() == null) {
+            logger.log(level, () -> "", thrown);
         } else {
-            logger.log(level, record::getMessage, thrown);
+            // exception handling as in https://github.com/qos-ch/slf4j/blob/master/jul-to-slf4j/src/main/java/org/slf4j/bridge/SLF4JBridgeHandler.java#L280
+            // ?
+            logger.log(level,
+                () -> new MessageFormat(record.getMessage(), Locale.ROOT).format(record.getParameters()),
+                thrown);
         }
     }
 
@@ -79,8 +85,10 @@ private Level translateJulLevel(java.util.logging.Level julLevel) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void flush() {}
+    public void flush() {
+    }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() {}
+    public void close() {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridgeTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridgeTests.java
index 84d6545aa385c..81305f986b91b 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridgeTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/logging/JULBridgeTests.java
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.MockLogAppender;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.MockLogAppender.LoggingExpectation;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.MockLogAppender.SeenEventExpectation;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.MockLogAppender.UnseenEventExpectation;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
 import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
+import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
@@ -111,6 +113,23 @@ public void testCustomLevels() {
         assertMessage("above finest", julLevel(java.util.logging.Level.FINEST.intValue() + 1), Level.TRACE);
     }
 
+    public void testEmptyMessage(){
+            JULBridge.install();
+
+            assertLogged(() -> {
+                    LogRecord record = new LogRecord(java.util.logging.Level.INFO, null);
+                    record.setLoggerName(logger.getName());
+                    logger.log(record);//the Logger.log method does not set logger name
+                },
+                new SeenEventExpectation("msg", "", Level.INFO, ""));
+    }
+    public void testWithParameters() {
+        JULBridge.install();
+
+        assertLogged(() -> logger.log(java.util.logging.Level.INFO, "{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5}", new Object[]{"a", "b", "c", 123, 'x'}),
+            new SeenEventExpectation("a,b,c,123,x", "", Level.INFO, "a,b,c,123,x"));
+    }
+
     public void testThrowable() {
         JULBridge.install();
         java.util.logging.Logger logger = java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger("");