diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c090b18213..be528c33bb2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -401,6 +401,12 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-api-kotlin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-api-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e78dfb520ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="
+           https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns
+           https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="added">
+    <issue id="4145" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/4145"/>
+    <issue id="4222" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/4222"/>
+    <description format="asciidoc">
+        Add `log4j-api-kotlin` to the Log4j Bill of Materials (`log4j-bom`).
+    </description>
+</entry>