diff --git a/src/Orchard.Specs/Orchard.Specs.csproj b/src/Orchard.Specs/Orchard.Specs.csproj
index 3aafa4015..f7bd3da72 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Specs/Orchard.Specs.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Specs/Orchard.Specs.csproj
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\lib\nhibernate\Iesi.Collections.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net">
-      <HintPath>..\..\lib\log4net\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="NHibernate, Version=3.3.1.4000, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=aa95f207798dfdb4, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Specs/packages.config b/src/Orchard.Specs/packages.config
index c37c4e01a..405c1fc94 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Specs/packages.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Specs/packages.config
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   <package id="Autofac" version="3.5.2" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="Castle.Core" version="3.3.1" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="HtmlAgilityPack" version="1.4.9" targetFramework="net451" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="NUnit" version="2.5.10.11092" targetFramework="net451" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Tests/Orchard.Framework.Tests.csproj b/src/Orchard.Tests/Orchard.Framework.Tests.csproj
index 34e8b2e09..6da44451d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Tests/Orchard.Framework.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Tests/Orchard.Framework.Tests.csproj
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\IronRuby.1.1.3\lib\IronRuby.Libraries.Yaml.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b44e1d426115821, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\..\lib\log4net\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Dynamic, Version=1.1.0.20, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7f709c5b713576e1, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Tests/packages.config b/src/Orchard.Tests/packages.config
index 790982802..36c23ce4d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Tests/packages.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Tests/packages.config
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   <package id="Autofac.Web" version="3.2.0" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="Castle.Core" version="3.3.1" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="IronRuby" version="1.1.3" targetFramework="net451" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="NUnit" version="2.5.10.11092" targetFramework="net451" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Web.config b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Web.config
index 9f3e353cc..5bfa41573 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Web.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Web.config
@@ -1,58 +1,74 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<configuration>
-    <configSections>
-        <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
-            <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false"/>
-            <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false"/>
-        </sectionGroup>
-    </configSections>
-    <system.web.webPages.razor>
-        <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
-        <pages pageBaseType="Orchard.Mvc.ViewEngines.Razor.WebViewPage">
-            <namespaces>
-                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc"/>
-                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax"/>
-                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html"/>
-                <add namespace="System.Web.Routing"/>
-                <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages"/>
-                <add namespace="System.Linq"/>
-                <add namespace="System.Collections.Generic"/>
-                <add namespace="Orchard.Mvc.Html"/>
-            </namespaces>
-        </pages>
-    </system.web.webPages.razor>
-    <system.web>
-        <compilation targetFramework="4.5.1">
-            <assemblies>
-                <add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
-                <add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
-                <add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
-                <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
-                <add assembly="System.Web.WebPages, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
-                <add assembly="Orchard.Framework"/>
-                <add assembly="Orchard.Core"/>
-            </assemblies>
-        </compilation>
-    </system.web>
-    <runtime>
-        <!-- NOTE: These binding redirects have no runtime effect; they are only here to avoid build warnings. -->
-        <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
-			<dependentAssembly>
-				<assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30AD4FE6B2A6AEED" culture="neutral"/>
-				<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-7.0.0.0" newVersion="7.0.0.0"/>
-			</dependentAssembly>
-            <dependentAssembly>
-                <assemblyIdentity name="NHibernate" publicKeyToken="AA95F207798DFDB4" culture="neutral"/>
-                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.4000" newVersion="4.0.0.4000"/>
-            </dependentAssembly>
-            <dependentAssembly>
-                <assemblyIdentity name="Iesi.Collections" publicKeyToken="AA95F207798DFDB4" culture="neutral"/>
-                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0"/>
-            </dependentAssembly>
-            <dependentAssembly>
-                <assemblyIdentity name="Autofac" publicKeyToken="17863AF14B0044DA" culture="neutral"/>
-                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.5.0.0" newVersion="3.5.0.0"/>
-            </dependentAssembly>
-        </assemblyBinding>
-    </runtime>
-</configuration>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <configSections>
+        <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
+            <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
+            <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
+        </sectionGroup>
+    </configSections>
+    <system.web.webPages.razor>
+        <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
+        <pages pageBaseType="Orchard.Mvc.ViewEngines.Razor.WebViewPage">
+            <namespaces>
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
+                <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
+                <add namespace="System.Linq" />
+                <add namespace="System.Collections.Generic" />
+                <add namespace="Orchard.Mvc.Html" />
+            </namespaces>
+        </pages>
+    </system.web.webPages.razor>
+    <system.web>
+        <compilation targetFramework="4.5.1">
+            <assemblies>
+                <add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
+                <add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
+                <add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
+                <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
+                <add assembly="System.Web.WebPages, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
+                <add assembly="Orchard.Framework" />
+                <add assembly="Orchard.Core" />
+            </assemblies>
+        </compilation>
+    </system.web>
+    <runtime>
+        <!-- NOTE: These binding redirects have no runtime effect; they are only here to avoid build warnings. -->
+        <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+			<dependentAssembly>
+				<assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30AD4FE6B2A6AEED" culture="neutral" />
+				<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-7.0.0.0" newVersion="7.0.0.0" />
+			</dependentAssembly>
+            <dependentAssembly>
+                <assemblyIdentity name="NHibernate" publicKeyToken="AA95F207798DFDB4" culture="neutral" />
+                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.4000" newVersion="4.0.0.4000" />
+            </dependentAssembly>
+            <dependentAssembly>
+                <assemblyIdentity name="Iesi.Collections" publicKeyToken="AA95F207798DFDB4" culture="neutral" />
+                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
+            </dependentAssembly>
+            <dependentAssembly>
+                <assemblyIdentity name="Autofac" publicKeyToken="17863AF14B0044DA" culture="neutral" />
+                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.5.0.0" newVersion="3.5.0.0" />
+            </dependentAssembly>
+            <dependentAssembly>
+                <assemblyIdentity name="Autofac" publicKeyToken="17863af14b0044da" culture="neutral" />
+                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.5.0.0" newVersion="3.5.0.0" />
+            </dependentAssembly>
+            <dependentAssembly>
+                <assemblyIdentity name="NHibernate" publicKeyToken="aa95f207798dfdb4" culture="neutral" />
+                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.4000" newVersion="4.0.0.4000" />
+            </dependentAssembly>
+            <dependentAssembly>
+                <assemblyIdentity name="Iesi.Collections" publicKeyToken="aa95f207798dfdb4" culture="neutral" />
+                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
+            </dependentAssembly>
+            <dependentAssembly>
+                <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
+                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-7.0.0.0" newVersion="7.0.0.0" />
+            </dependentAssembly>
+        </assemblyBinding>
+    </runtime>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj
index cac191eab..6c3eb0521 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.11.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\lib\log4net\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.AzureClientHelper">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Services\FileSystems\Media\AzureBlobStorageProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\Logging\AzureDiagnosticsAppender.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>
     <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/packages.config b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/packages.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ec03b3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/packages.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net451" />
+</packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj
index ceb68f1e4..e64eee60c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Orchard.Recipes.csproj
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@
       <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\Autofac.3.5.2\lib\net40\Autofac.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\lib\log4net\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/packages.config b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/packages.config
index 1ce1a9759..d20fc0037 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/packages.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
   <package id="Autofac" version="3.5.2" targetFramework="net451" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net451" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
index bf530f748..54846e3d4 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\Autofac.3.5.2\lib\net40\Autofac.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb">
       <HintPath>..\..\lib\owin\Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/packages.config b/src/Orchard.Web/packages.config
index 1ce1a9759..d20fc0037 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/packages.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
   <package id="Autofac" version="3.5.2" targetFramework="net451" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net451" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
index 27c6a40e0..6f605606a 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\lib\nhibernate\Iesi.Collections.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net">
-      <HintPath>..\..\lib\log4net\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin">
diff --git a/src/Orchard/packages.config b/src/Orchard/packages.config
index 96e297654..82a735183 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/packages.config
+++ b/src/Orchard/packages.config
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
   <package id="Autofac" version="3.5.2" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="Autofac.Configuration" version="3.3.0" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="Castle.Core" version="3.3.1" targetFramework="net451" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net451" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file