diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/BindingRedirects.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/BindingRedirects.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..994f9ab984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/BindingRedirects.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Web;
+using Umbraco.Core;
+
+[assembly: PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(BindingRedirects), "Initialize")]
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Manages any assembly binding redirects that cannot be done via config
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BindingRedirects
+    {
+        public static void Initialize()
+        {
+            // this only gets called when an assembly can't be resolved
+            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve;
+        }
+
+        private static readonly Regex Log4NetAssemblyPattern = new Regex("log4net, Version=([\\d\\.]+?), Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+        private const string Log4NetReplacement = "log4net, Version=1.2.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a";
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This is used to do an assembly binding redirect of log4net if it does not exist in the web.config
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender"></param>
+        /// <param name="args"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private static Assembly CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
+        {
+            if (Log4NetAssemblyPattern.IsMatch(args.Name) && args.Name != Log4NetReplacement)
+            {
+                return Assembly.Load(Log4NetAssemblyPattern.Replace(args.Name, Log4NetReplacement));
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 3a53f273f4..dab5da81d3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
     <Reference Include="ImageProcessor, Version=2.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\ImageProcessor.2.5.1\lib\net45\ImageProcessor.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.11.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net-mediumtrust.2.0.0\lib\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.5\lib\net45-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core.2.2.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core.dll</HintPath>
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Attempt{T}.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Auditing\Audit.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Auditing\AuditTypes.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="BindingRedirects.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ByteArrayExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CacheHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Cache\CacheKeys.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
index 221e4063f6..451597ef66 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <package id="AutoMapper" version="3.3.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="HtmlAgilityPack" version="1.4.9" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="ImageProcessor" version="2.5.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="log4net-mediumtrust" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.5" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
index 9bb433f59b..93c4524801 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
     <Reference Include="ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib, Version=0.86.0.518, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b03e6acf1164f73, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\SharpZipLib.0.86.0\lib\20\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.11.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net-mediumtrust.2.0.0\lib\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.5\lib\net45-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Lucene.Net, Version=2.9.4.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=85089178b9ac3181, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Lucene.Net.2.9.4.1\lib\net40\Lucene.Net.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
index b71ba7a170..733d653401 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/packages.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <package id="AspNetWebApi.SelfHost" version="4.0.20710.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="AutoMapper" version="3.3.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Examine" version="0.1.80" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="log4net-mediumtrust" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.5" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Lucene.Net" version="2.9.4.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc" version="5.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Razor" version="3.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 540f008fc8..db2c91b0ee 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -142,9 +142,8 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\ImageProcessor.Web.4.8.0\lib\net45\ImageProcessor.Web.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.11.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net-mediumtrust.2.0.0\lib\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.5\lib\net45-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Lucene.Net, Version=2.9.4.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=85089178b9ac3181, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
index 629438762f..41cdd7bfb3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <package id="ImageProcessor" version="2.5.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="ImageProcessor.Web" version="4.8.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="ImageProcessor.Web.Config" version="2.3.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="log4net-mediumtrust" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.5" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Lucene.Net" version="2.9.4.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
index 9ad3174a28..68a45ff299 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
@@ -413,6 +413,13 @@
         <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.0.1.0" newVersion="3.0.1.0" />
       </dependentAssembly>
 
+      <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Remove"
+												 xdt:Locator="Condition(_defaultNamespace:assemblyIdentity[@name='log4net']])" />
+      <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Insert">
+        <assemblyIdentity name="log4net" publicKeyToken="669e0ddf0bb1aa2a" culture="neutral" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.2.15.0" newVersion="1.2.15.0" />
+      </dependentAssembly>
+
     </assemblyBinding>
 
   </runtime>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
index 10c64797f4..e9a1624b70 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
@@ -425,7 +425,10 @@
 				<assemblyIdentity name="System.Net.Http.Formatting" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
 				<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-5.2.3.0" newVersion="5.2.3.0" />
 			</dependentAssembly>
-
+      <dependentAssembly>
+        <assemblyIdentity name="log4net" publicKeyToken="669e0ddf0bb1aa2a" culture="neutral" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.2.15.0" newVersion="1.2.15.0" />
+      </dependentAssembly>
 		</assemblyBinding>
 	</runtime>
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config b/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config
index 7cabfc99ad..3537761ce9 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config
+++ b/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="log4net-mediumtrust" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data" version="1.0.1559.20655" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.8" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
index ab86b3532c..479d1cafe7 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.11.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net-mediumtrust.2.0.0\lib\log4net.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data, Version=1.0.1559.20655, Culture=neutral">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.1.0.1559.20655\lib\Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>