diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/importer/AutoImporter.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/importer/AutoImporter.java
index 6804fee2a1..a99484bc09 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/importer/AutoImporter.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/importer/AutoImporter.java
@@ -722,6 +722,11 @@ public final class AutoImporter {
 				.load(provider, importName, project, projectFolderPath, loadSpec, loaderOptions,
 					messageLog, consumer, monitor);
 
+		// Optionally echo loader message log to application.log
+		if (!Loader.loggingDisabled && messageLog.hasMessages()) {
+			Msg.info(AutoImporter.class, "Additional info:\n" + messageLog.toString());
+		}
+
 		// Filter out and release non-Programs
 		List<Loaded<Program>> loadedPrograms = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (Loaded<? extends DomainObject> loaded : loadResults) {
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/Loader.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/Loader.java
index f415cd0058..0851780caa 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/Loader.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/Loader.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import ghidra.app.util.importer.MessageLog;
 import ghidra.formats.gfilesystem.FSRL;
 import ghidra.framework.model.*;
 import ghidra.program.model.listing.Program;
+import ghidra.util.SystemUtilities;
 import ghidra.util.classfinder.ClassSearcher;
 import ghidra.util.classfinder.ExtensionPoint;
 import ghidra.util.exception.CancelledException;
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ public interface Loader extends ExtensionPoint, Comparable<Loader> {
 	 */
 	public static final String OPTIONS_PROJECT_SAVE_STATE_KEY = "LOADER_OPTIONS";
 
+	/**
+	 * System property used to disable the loaders' message logs being echoed to the
+	 * application.log file
+	 */
+	public static boolean loggingDisabled =
+		SystemUtilities.getBooleanProperty("disable.loader.logging", false);
+
 	/**
 	 * If this {@link Loader} supports loading the given {@link ByteProvider}, this methods returns
 	 * a {@link Collection} of all supported {@link LoadSpec}s that contain discovered load 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterUtilities.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterUtilities.java
index fb377c01b0..c05cbcd61e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterUtilities.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterUtilities.java
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ public class ImporterUtilities {
 				// currently we only show results for the imported program, not any libraries
 				displayResults(pluginTool, loaded.getDomainObject(),
 					loaded.getDomainObject().getDomainFile(), importMessages);
+
+				// Optionally echo loader message log to application.log
+				if (!Loader.loggingDisabled && !importMessages.isEmpty()) {
+					Msg.info(ImporterUtilities.class, "Additional info:\n" + importMessages);
+				}
 			}
 			loaded.release(consumer);
 			firstProgram = false;
@@ -459,6 +464,11 @@ public class ImporterUtilities {
 		try (ByteProvider bp = fsService.getByteProvider(fsrl, false, monitor)) {
 			loadSpec.getLoader().loadInto(bp, loadSpec, options, messageLog, program, monitor);
 			displayResults(tool, program, program.getDomainFile(), messageLog.toString());
+
+			// Optionally echo loader message log to application.log
+			if (!Loader.loggingDisabled && messageLog.hasMessages()) {
+				Msg.info(ImporterUtilities.class, "Additional info:\n" + messageLog.toString());
+			}
 		}
 		catch (CancelledException e) {
 			return;
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugins/importer/tasks/ImportBatchTask.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugins/importer/tasks/ImportBatchTask.java
index fba7fa125e..4bfc342ab0 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugins/importer/tasks/ImportBatchTask.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugins/importer/tasks/ImportBatchTask.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class ImportBatchTask extends Task {
 
 				Msg.info(this, "Imported " + destInfo.first + "/ " + destInfo.second + ", " +
 					totalAppsImported + " of " + totalEnabledApps);
-				if (messageLog.hasMessages()) {
+				if (!Loader.loggingDisabled && messageLog.hasMessages()) {
 					Msg.info(this, "Additional info:\n" + messageLog.toString());
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties
index 4c0ce4b638..19418675dd 100644
--- a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties
+++ b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Common/support/launch.properties
@@ -141,3 +141,6 @@ VMARGS=-Xshare:off
 
 # Enables PDB developer mode
 #VMARGS=-Dghidra.pdb.developerMode=true
+
+# Disables the loaders echoing their message log to the application.log file
+#VMARGS=-Ddisable.loader.logging=true