diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
index 544a97eca..144437c56 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class ReportGenerator {
      */
     private VelocityEngine createVelocityEngine() {
         final VelocityEngine ve = new VelocityEngine();
+        ve.setProperty(RuntimeConstants.RUNTIME_LOG_LOGSYSTEM_CLASS, VelocityLoggerRedirect.class.getName());
         ve.setProperty(RuntimeConstants.RESOURCE_LOADER, "classpath");
         ve.setProperty("classpath.resource.loader.class", ClasspathResourceLoader.class.getName());
         return ve;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/VelocityLoggerRedirect.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/VelocityLoggerRedirect.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bd5bff14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/VelocityLoggerRedirect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Dependency-Check.
+ *
+ * Dependency-Check is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * Dependency-Check is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * Dependency-Check. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package org.owasp.dependencycheck.reporting;
+
+import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity;
+import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeServices;
+import org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.LogChute;
+
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * DependencyCheck uses {@link java.util.logging.Logger} as a logging framework,
+ * and Apache Velocity uses a custom logging implementation that outputs to a
+ * file named velocity.log by default. This class is an implementation of a
+ * custom Velocity logger that redirects all velocity logging to the Java Logger
+ * class.
+ * <p/>
+ * This class was written to address permission issues when using DependencyCheck
+ * in a server environment (such as the Jenkins plugin). In some circumstances,
+ * Velocity would attempt to create velocity.log in an un-writable directory.
+ *
+ * @author Steve Springett (steve.springett@owasp.org)
+ */
+public class VelocityLoggerRedirect implements LogChute {
+
+    /**
+     * This will be invoked once by the LogManager
+     */
+    public void init(RuntimeServices rsvc) {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Given a Velocity log level and message, this method will
+     * call the appropriate Logger level and log the specified values.
+     */
+    public void log(int level, String message) {
+        Logger.getLogger(Velocity.class.getName()).log(getLevel(level), message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Given a Velocity log level, message and Throwable, this method will
+     * call the appropriate Logger level and log the specified values.
+     */
+    public void log(int level, String message, Throwable t) {
+        Logger.getLogger(Velocity.class.getName()).log(getLevel(level), message, t);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Will always return true. The property file will decide what level to log.
+     */
+    public boolean isLevelEnabled(int level) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Maps Velocity log levels to {@link Logger} values.
+     */
+    private Level getLevel(int velocityLevel) {
+        switch (velocityLevel) {
+            case TRACE_ID:
+                return Level.ALL;
+            case DEBUG_ID:
+                return Level.FINE;
+            case INFO_ID:
+                return Level.INFO;
+            case WARN_ID:
+                return Level.WARNING;
+            case ERROR_ID:
+                return Level.SEVERE;
+            default:
+                return Level.INFO;
+        }
+    }
+
+}