diff --git a/integration/management-api-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/server/conf/log4j2.properties b/integration/management-api-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/server/conf/log4j2.properties
index 47c0461078..489f085c8f 100644
--- a/integration/management-api-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/server/conf/log4j2.properties
+++ b/integration/management-api-tests/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/server/conf/log4j2.properties
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 # list of all appenders
 #add entry "syslog" to use the syslog appender
-appenders = CARBON_CONSOLE, CARBON_LOGFILE, AUDIT_LOGFILE, AUDIT_LOGCONSOLE, ATOMIKOS_LOGFILE, CARBON_TRACE_LOGFILE, osgi, SERVICE_LOGFILE, API_LOGFILE, ERROR_LOGFILE, CORRELATION
+appenders = CARBON_CONSOLE, CARBON_LOGFILE, AUDIT_LOGFILE, AUDIT_LOGCONSOLE, ATOMIKOS_LOGFILE, CARBON_TRACE_LOGFILE, osgi, SERVICE_LOGFILE, API_LOGFILE, ERROR_LOGFILE, CORRELATION, HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE
 #, syslog
 
 # CARBON_CONSOLE is set to be a ConsoleAppender using a PatternLayout.
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@ appender.CARBON_LOGFILE.strategy.max = 20
 appender.CARBON_LOGFILE.filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter
 appender.CARBON_LOGFILE.filter.threshold.level = DEBUG
 
+# Appender config to HTTP access logs
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.type = RollingFile
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.name = HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.fileName = ${sys:logfiles.home}/http_access.log
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.filePattern = ${sys:logfiles.home}/http_access_%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.layout.pattern = %msg%n
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.policies.type = Policies
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.policies.time.interval = 1
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.policies.time.modulate = true
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.policies.size.size=1MB
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.strategy.max = 20
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter
+appender.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.filter.threshold.level = DEBUG
+
 # AUDIT_LOGCONSOLE is set to be a ConsoleAppender using a PatternLayout.
 appender.AUDIT_LOGCONSOLE.type = Console
 appender.AUDIT_LOGCONSOLE.name = AUDIT_LOGCONSOLE
@@ -196,7 +214,7 @@ appender.CORRELATION.filter.threshold.level = INFO
 #appender.syslog.filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter
 #appender.syslog.filter.threshold.level = DEBUG
 
-loggers = AUDIT_LOG, SERVICE_LOGGER, API_LOGGER, trace-messages, org-apache-coyote, com-hazelcast, Owasp-CsrfGuard, \
+loggers = AUDIT_LOG, SERVICE_LOGGER, API_LOGGER, PassThroughAccess, trace-messages, org-apache-coyote, com-hazelcast, Owasp-CsrfGuard, \
 	  org-apache-axis2-wsdl-codegen-writer-PrettyPrinter, org-apache-axis2-clustering, org-apache-catalina, \
 	  org-apache-tomcat, org-wso2-carbon-apacheds, org-apache-directory-server-ldap, \
 	  org-apache-directory-server-core-event, com-atomikos, org-quartz, org-apache-jackrabbit-webdav, org-apache-juddi, \
@@ -435,6 +453,12 @@ logger.correlation.level = INFO
 logger.correlation.appenderRef.CORRELATION.ref = CORRELATION
 logger.correlation.additivity = false
 
+logger.PassThroughAccess.name = org.apache.synapse.transport.http.access
+logger.PassThroughAccess.level = DEBUG
+logger.PassThroughAccess.appenderRef.HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE.ref = HTTP_ACCESS_LOGFILE
+logger.PassThroughAccess.additivity = false
+
+
 #Hive Related Log configurations
 logger.DataNucleus.name = DataNucleus
 logger.DataNucleus.level = ERROR
diff --git a/integration/mediation-tests/tests-patches/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/passthru/transport/httpaccesslogs/access-log.properties b/integration/mediation-tests/tests-patches/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/passthru/transport/httpaccesslogs/access-log.properties
index d4030fdf90..dd2ccbb6a5 100644
--- a/integration/mediation-tests/tests-patches/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/passthru/transport/httpaccesslogs/access-log.properties
+++ b/integration/mediation-tests/tests-patches/src/test/resources/artifacts/ESB/passthru/transport/httpaccesslogs/access-log.properties
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ access_log_prefix=http_access_
 # file suffix
 access_log_suffix=.log
 
+# enable or disable access logging to a custom file
+access_log_enable=true
+
 # file date format
 access_log_file_date_format=yyyy-MM-dd