4 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG.md b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
index 60a823de15..9e9d7e9009 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Rails 4.0.0 (unreleased) ##
 
+*   New rails apps log to STDOUT by default
+
+    *Terence Lee*
+
 *   Add support for generate scaffold password:digest
 
     * adds password_digest attribute to the migration
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb
index 62d57c0cc6..2a845bca17 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb
@@ -39,11 +39,7 @@ INFO
           f.binmode
           f.sync = config.autoflush_log # if true make sure every write flushes
 
-          logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new f
-          logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
-          logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
-          logger.level = ActiveSupport::Logger.const_get(config.log_level.to_s.upcase)
-          logger
+          logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.create(f, config.log_formatter, config.log_level)
         rescue StandardError
           logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDERR))
           logger.level = ActiveSupport::Logger::WARN
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb
index daf399a538..2df2fa9a6a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/application.rb
@@ -32,5 +32,7 @@ module <%= app_const_base %>
     # Disable the asset pipeline.
     config.assets.enabled = false
 <% end -%>
+
+    config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.create(STDOUT, config.log_formatter, config.log_level)
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
index 7b45623f6c..40000b0ce6 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
@@ -670,5 +670,26 @@ module ApplicationTests
         end
       end
     end
+
+    test "set logger to STDOUT by default" do
+      stdout = capture(:stdout) do
+        app = build_app
+
+        controller :omg, <<-RUBY
+          class OmgController < ApplicationController
+            def index
+              Rails.logger.info "HI MOM"
+              render text: "omg"
+            end
+          end
+        RUBY
+
+        require "#{app_path}/config/environment"
+
+        get "/omg/index"
+      end
+
+      assert stdout.include?("HI MOM"), "STDOUT does not include 'HI MOM', #{stdout}"
+    end
   end
 end