diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
index b91c239b6abe7..bab7167112354 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>spark-kubernetes-integration-tests_2.11</artifactId>
   <properties>
+    <slf4j-log4j12.version>1.7.24</slf4j-log4j12.version>
     <sbt.project.name>kubernetes-integration-tests</sbt.project.name>
   </properties>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -42,6 +43,16 @@
       <artifactId>spark-core_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j-log4j12.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-kubernetes_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala
index 50ee46c93b592..c6f757b9908cb 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/KubernetesSuite.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ import org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.submit.{Client, ClientArguments, JavaMainAppR
 import org.apache.spark.launcher.SparkLauncher
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
+/**
+  * This is a long running Suite.
+  *
+  * Console output will be empty while docker images are built.
+  *
+  * More logs is printed in ./target/integration-tests.log
+  */
 private[spark] class KubernetesSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
   import KubernetesSuite._
   private val testBackend = IntegrationTestBackendFactory.getTestBackend()
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/Logging.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/Logging.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..459c0a4138b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/Logging.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.integrationtest
+
+import org.apache.log4j.{Logger, LogManager, Priority}
+
+trait Logging {
+
+  private val log: Logger = LogManager.getLogger(this.getClass)
+
+  protected def logDebug(msg: => String) = if (log.isDebugEnabled) log.debug(msg)
+
+  protected def logInfo(msg: => String) = if (log.isInfoEnabled) log.info(msg)
+
+  protected def logWarning(msg: => String) = if (log.isEnabledFor(Priority.WARN)) log.warn(msg)
+
+  protected def logWarning(msg: => String, throwable: Throwable) =
+    if (log.isEnabledFor(Priority.WARN)) log.warn(msg, throwable)
+
+  protected def logError(msg: => String) = if (log.isEnabledFor(Priority.ERROR)) log.error(msg)
+}
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/LoggingBuildHandler.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/LoggingBuildHandler.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..164ed08028613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/LoggingBuildHandler.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.integrationtest.docker
+
+import com.spotify.docker.client.ProgressHandler
+import com.spotify.docker.client.exceptions.DockerException
+import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.ProgressMessage
+import org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.integrationtest.Logging
+
+class LoggingBuildHandler() extends ProgressHandler with Logging {
+  @throws[DockerException]
+  def progress(message: ProgressMessage) {
+    if (message.error != null) throw new DockerException(message.toString)
+    else if (message.status == null) {
+      logInfo(s"build: $message")
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala
index cf2766d81859f..156fb954f868e 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala
@@ -21,17 +21,13 @@ import java.net.URI
 import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
-
-import com.spotify.docker.client.{DefaultDockerClient, DockerCertificates, LoggingBuildHandler}
+import com.spotify.docker.client.{DefaultDockerClient, DockerCertificates}
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder
+import org.apache.spark.deploy.k8s.integrationtest.Logging
 import org.scalatest.concurrent.{Eventually, PatienceConfiguration}
 import org.scalatest.time.{Minutes, Seconds, Span}
-
-import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.util.RedirectThread
 
-
-
 private[spark] class SparkDockerImageBuilder
   (private val dockerEnv: Map[String, String]) extends Logging{
 
@@ -113,10 +109,13 @@ private[spark] class SparkDockerImageBuilder
   }
 
   private def buildImage(name: String, dockerFile: String): Unit = {
+    logInfo(s"Start building docker image $name from Dockerfile $dockerFile")
     dockerClient.build(
       DOCKER_BUILD_PATH,
       name,
       dockerFile,
       new LoggingBuildHandler())
+    logInfo(s"Built $name docker image")
   }
+
 }