diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraDaemon.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraDaemon.java
index 3ca42513a6..770eed0a75 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraDaemon.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraDaemon.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class CassandraDaemon
 
         ThreadAwareSecurityManager.install();
 
-        logSystemInfo();
+        logSystemInfo(logger);
 
         NativeLibrary.tryMlockall();
 
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ public class CassandraDaemon
         return setupCompleted;
     }
 
-    private void logSystemInfo()
+    public static void logSystemInfo(Logger logger)
     {
     	if (logger.isInfoEnabled())
     	{
diff --git a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/Instance.java b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/Instance.java
index e31c37cdbf..7d8bccdfb2 100644
--- a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/Instance.java
+++ b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/impl/Instance.java
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ public class Instance extends IsolatedExecutor implements IInvokableInstance
                 FileUtils.setFSErrorHandler(new DefaultFSErrorHandler());
                 DatabaseDescriptor.createAllDirectories();
                 CassandraDaemon.getInstanceForTesting().migrateSystemDataIfNeeded();
+                CassandraDaemon.logSystemInfo(inInstancelogger);
                 CommitLog.instance.start();
 
                 CassandraDaemon.getInstanceForTesting().runStartupChecks();
diff --git a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/JVMDTestTest.java b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/JVMDTestTest.java
index 089d17bcfa..f11ad16bb7 100644
--- a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/JVMDTestTest.java
+++ b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/JVMDTestTest.java
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ public class JVMDTestTest extends TestBaseImpl
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void jvmArgumentLoggingTest() throws IOException
+    {
+        try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.build(1).start())
+        {
+            LogAction logs = cluster.get(1).logs();
+            Assertions.assertThat(logs.grep("JVM Arguments").getResult()).isNotEmpty();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void nonSharedConfigClassTest() throws IOException
     {