diff --git a/java/.gitignore b/java/.gitignore
index 2e98aff7ba..6f4eb283a3 100644
--- a/java/.gitignore
+++ b/java/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.iml
 hs_err*.log
+cufile.log
 target/
 jextract-22/
 openjdk-22-jextract*
diff --git a/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml b/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml
index d4d7708a80..b8e969d07b 100644
--- a/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
                 <configuration>
                     <forkCount>1</forkCount>
                     <argLine>--enable-native-access=com.nvidia.cuvs</argLine>
+                    <environmentVariables>
+                        <CUFILE_LOGFILE_PATH>${project.build.directory}/cufile.log</CUFILE_LOGFILE_PATH>
+                    </environmentVariables>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/java/cuvs-lucene/pom.xml b/java/cuvs-lucene/pom.xml
index 48dc6d7889..cf7628137e 100644
--- a/java/cuvs-lucene/pom.xml
+++ b/java/cuvs-lucene/pom.xml
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <java.util.logging.config.file>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/logging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
           </systemPropertyVariables>
+          <environmentVariables>
+            <CUFILE_LOGFILE_PATH>${project.build.directory}/cufile.log</CUFILE_LOGFILE_PATH>
+          </environmentVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>