diff --git a/lib/categories.js b/lib/categories.js
index 6bb4d8bf..4e559180 100644
--- a/lib/categories.js
+++ b/lib/categories.js
@@ -203,11 +203,12 @@ const setEnableCallStackForCategory = (category, useCallStack) => {
   configForCategory(category).enableCallStack = useCallStack;
 };
 
-module.exports = {
+module.exports = categories;
+module.exports = Object.assign(module.exports, {
   appendersForCategory,
   getLevelForCategory,
   setLevelForCategory,
   getEnableCallStackForCategory,
   setEnableCallStackForCategory,
   init,
-};
+});
diff --git a/test/tap/logging-test.js b/test/tap/logging-test.js
index be12436b..2b8edebb 100644
--- a/test/tap/logging-test.js
+++ b/test/tap/logging-test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,36 @@ const util = require("util");
 const recording = require("../../lib/appenders/recording");
 
 test("log4js", batch => {
+  batch.test("shutdown should return appenders and categories back to initial state", t => {
+    const stringifyMap = (map) => JSON.stringify(Array.from(map));
+    const deepCopyMap = (map) => new Map(JSON.parse(stringifyMap(map)));
+
+    const log4js = require("../../lib/log4js");
+
+    const appenders = require("../../lib/appenders");
+    const categories = require("../../lib/categories");
+    const initialAppenders = deepCopyMap(appenders);
+    const initialCategories = deepCopyMap(categories);
+
+    log4js.configure({
+      appenders: { recorder: { type: "recording" } },
+      categories: { default: { appenders: ["recorder"], level: "DEBUG" } }
+    });
+
+    const configuredAppenders = deepCopyMap(appenders);
+    const configuredCategories = deepCopyMap(categories);
+    t.notEqual(stringifyMap(configuredAppenders), stringifyMap(initialAppenders), "appenders should be different from initial state");
+    t.notEqual(stringifyMap(configuredCategories), stringifyMap(initialCategories), "categories should be different from initial state");
+
+    log4js.shutdown(() => {
+      const finalAppenders = deepCopyMap(appenders);
+      const finalCategories = deepCopyMap(categories);
+      t.equal(stringifyMap(finalAppenders), stringifyMap(initialAppenders), "appenders should revert back to initial state");
+      t.equal(stringifyMap(finalCategories), stringifyMap(initialCategories), "categories should revert back to initial state");
+      t.end();
+    });
+  });
+
   batch.test("getLogger", t => {
     const log4js = require("../../lib/log4js");
     log4js.configure({