diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener.java
index 2e8b272993..051f93af23 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationStartedEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.event.GenericApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.event.SmartApplicationListener;
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 
 /**
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 public final class ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener implements
 		GenericApplicationListener {
 
-	private static final int ORDER = Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE + 12;
+	private static final int ORDER = LoggingApplicationListener.DEFAULT_ORDER + 1;
 
 	private final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java
index d89783a947..7d3612fcee 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 public class LoggingApplicationListener implements GenericApplicationListener {
 
+	/**
+	 * The default order for the LoggingApplicationListener.
+	 */
+	public static final int DEFAULT_ORDER = Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE + 20;
+
 	/**
 	 * The name of the Spring property that contains a reference to the logging
 	 * configuration to load.
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ public class LoggingApplicationListener implements GenericApplicationListener {
 
 	private LoggingSystem loggingSystem;
 
-	private int order = Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE + 20;
+	private int order = DEFAULT_ORDER;
 
 	private boolean parseArgs = true;