diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
index 00ccac0d4bf04..501bc8470c4a8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java
@@ -314,9 +314,11 @@ static void init(
             final Path pidFile,
             final boolean quiet,
             final Environment initialEnv) throws BootstrapException, NodeValidationException, UserException {
-        // force the class initializer for BootstrapInfo to run before
-        // the security manager is installed
-        BootstrapInfo.init();
+        // If this is true, we allow output to be written to the console user (not the logs) for exceptional cases
+        var hasConsole = foreground && (quiet == false);
+
+        // force the class initializer for BootstrapInfo to run before the security manager is installed
+        BootstrapInfo.init(hasConsole);
 
         INSTANCE = new Bootstrap();
 
@@ -328,6 +330,11 @@ static void init(
         final Runnable sysOutCloser = getSysOutCloser();
         final Runnable sysErrorCloser = getSysErrorCloser();
 
+        if (hasConsole) {
+            // Load the default terminal now, so that it references the original stdout stream rather than the logging stream
+            var ignore = Terminal.DEFAULT;
+        }
+
         LogConfigurator.setNodeName(Node.NODE_NAME_SETTING.get(environment.settings()));
         try {
             LogConfigurator.configure(environment);
@@ -342,10 +349,8 @@ static void init(
             }
         }
 
-
         try {
-            final boolean closeStandardStreams = (foreground == false) || quiet;
-            if (closeStandardStreams) {
+            if (hasConsole == false) {
                 final Logger rootLogger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
                 final Appender maybeConsoleAppender = Loggers.findAppender(rootLogger, ConsoleAppender.class);
                 if (maybeConsoleAppender != null) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapInfo.java
index 5c14450b3c76f..6185cace375ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/BootstrapInfo.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 @SuppressForbidden(reason = "exposes read-only view of system properties")
 public final class BootstrapInfo {
 
+    private static boolean terminalAvailable;
+
     /** no instantiation */
     private BootstrapInfo() {}
 
@@ -46,6 +48,13 @@ public static boolean isSystemCallFilterInstalled() {
         return Natives.isSystemCallFilterInstalled();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if terminal (non logging) output is available
+     */
+    public static boolean isTerminalOutputAvailable() {
+        return terminalAvailable;
+    }
+
     /**
      * codebase location for untrusted scripts (provide some additional safety)
      * <p>
@@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ public static Dictionary<Object,Object> getSystemProperties() {
         return SYSTEM_PROPERTIES;
     }
 
-    public static void init() {
+    public static void init(boolean isTerminalAvailable) {
+        BootstrapInfo.terminalAvailable = isTerminalAvailable;
     }
-
 }