diff --git a/manual/Tasks/junitlauncher.html b/manual/Tasks/junitlauncher.html
index 0f20648e41..c7d3414378 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/junitlauncher.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/junitlauncher.html
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ <h4 id="nested-classpath">classpath</h4>
             &lt;/classpath&gt;
             &lt;testclasses outputdir="${output.dir}"&gt;
                 &lt;fileset dir="${build.classes.dir}"/&gt;
-                &lt;listener type="legacy-brief" sendSysOut="true"/&gt;
+                &lt;listener type="legacy-brief" sendSysOut="true" useFile="false"/&gt;
                 &lt;listener type="legacy-xml" sendSysErr="true" sendSysOut="true"/&gt;
 
             &lt;/testclasses&gt;
@@ -380,6 +380,15 @@ <h5>Test result formatter</h5>
         </td>
         <td>No</td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>useFile</td>
+        <td>If set to <q>true</q> then the listener's output will be saved to a file. Otherwise, the output will be sent
+            to <code>stdout</code> and <code>outputDir</code>, <code>resultFile</code>, <code>extension</code>
+            attributes will be ignored.
+            <p><em>Since Ant 1.10.13</em></p>
+        </td>
+        <td>No; defaults to <q>true</q></td>
+    </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>sendSysOut</td>
         <td>If set to <q>true</q> then the listener will be passed the <code>stdout</code> content
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/LauncherSupport.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/LauncherSupport.java
index 00b76df8a2..87b289f345 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/LauncherSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/LauncherSupport.java
@@ -256,10 +256,14 @@ private void setupResultFormatter(final TestRequest testRequest, final ListenerD
         // set the destination output stream for writing out the formatted result
         final java.nio.file.Path resultOutputFile = getListenerOutputFile(testRequest, formatterDefinition);
         try {
-            final OutputStream resultOutputStream = Files.newOutputStream(resultOutputFile);
-            // enroll the output stream to be closed when the execution of the TestRequest completes
-            testRequest.closeUponCompletion(resultOutputStream);
-            resultFormatter.setDestination(new KeepAliveOutputStream(resultOutputStream));
+            if (formatterDefinition.shouldUseFile()) {
+                final OutputStream resultOutputStream = Files.newOutputStream(resultOutputFile);
+                // enroll the output stream to be closed when the execution of the TestRequest completes
+                testRequest.closeUponCompletion(resultOutputStream);
+                resultFormatter.setDestination(new KeepAliveOutputStream(resultOutputStream));
+            } else {
+                resultFormatter.setDestination(new KeepAliveOutputStream(System.out));
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new BuildException(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/Constants.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/Constants.java
index 215d3f8431..75967d7db1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/Constants.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public final class Constants {
     public static final String LD_XML_ATTR_SEND_SYS_OUT = "sendSysOut";
     public static final String LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_RESULT_FILE = "resultFile";
     public static final String LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_EXTENSION = "extension";
+    public static final String LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_USE_FILE = "useFile";
     public static final String LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_USE_LEGACY_REPORTING_NAME = "useLegacyReportingName";
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/ListenerDefinition.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/ListenerDefinition.java
index e661fd3c43..0b583e09a1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/ListenerDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junitlauncher/confined/ListenerDefinition.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import static org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junitlauncher.confined.Constants.LD_XML_ATTR_CLASS_NAME;
 import static org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junitlauncher.confined.Constants.LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_EXTENSION;
 import static org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junitlauncher.confined.Constants.LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_RESULT_FILE;
+import static org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junitlauncher.confined.Constants.LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_USE_FILE;
 import static org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junitlauncher.confined.Constants.LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_USE_LEGACY_REPORTING_NAME;
 import static org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junitlauncher.confined.Constants.LD_XML_ATTR_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY;
 import static org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junitlauncher.confined.Constants.LD_XML_ATTR_SEND_SYS_ERR;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ public class ListenerDefinition {
     private String className;
     private String resultFile;
     private String extension = "txt";
+    private boolean useFile = true;
     private boolean sendSysOut;
     private boolean sendSysErr;
     private String outputDir;
@@ -124,6 +126,19 @@ public String getExtension() {
         return extension;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets whether the formatter should log to a file.
+     * @param useFile if true use a file, if false send to standard out.
+     * @since Ant 1.10.13
+     */
+    public void setUseFile(boolean useFile) {
+        this.useFile = useFile;
+    }
+
+    public boolean shouldUseFile() {
+        return useFile;
+    }
+
     public void setSendSysOut(final boolean sendSysOut) {
         this.sendSysOut = sendSysOut;
     }
@@ -206,6 +221,7 @@ void toForkedRepresentation(final XMLStreamWriter writer) throws XMLStreamExcept
         if (this.extension != null) {
             writer.writeAttribute(LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_EXTENSION, this.extension);
         }
+        writer.writeAttribute(LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_USE_FILE, Boolean.toString(this.useFile));
         writer.writeEndElement();
     }
 
@@ -234,6 +250,10 @@ public static ListenerDefinition fromForkedRepresentation(final XMLStreamReader
         if (extension != null) {
             listenerDef.setExtension(extension);
         }
+        final String useFile = reader.getAttributeValue(null, LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_USE_FILE);
+        if (useFile != null) {
+            listenerDef.setUseFile(Boolean.parseBoolean(useFile));
+        }
         final String useLegacyReportingName = reader.getAttributeValue(null,
                 LD_XML_ATTR_LISTENER_USE_LEGACY_REPORTING_NAME);
         if (useLegacyReportingName != null) {