diff --git a/lib/log4js.js b/lib/log4js.js
index cbbb004..7bce895 100644
--- a/lib/log4js.js
+++ b/lib/log4js.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function configure(configurationFileOrObject) {
 
   // just in case configure is called after shutdown
   process.removeListener('message', receiver);
-  if (cluster) {
+  if (cluster && !config.disableClustering) {
     cluster.removeListener('message', receiver);
   }
   if (config.disableClustering) {
diff --git a/test/tap/passenger-test.js b/test/tap/passenger-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1842b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tap/passenger-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const test = require('tap').test;
+const sandbox = require('sandboxed-module');
+
+// passenger provides a non-functional cluster module,
+// but it does not implement the event emitter functions
+// this is taken from https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/82bef697c0019c034faeb9b0f8c08a43ec4e1e22/src/helper-scripts/node-loader.js#L64
+const passengerCluster = {
+  disconnect: function () { return false; },
+  fork: function () { return false; },
+  setupMaster: function () { return false; },
+  isWorker: true,
+  isMaster: false,
+  schedulingPolicy: false,
+  settings: false,
+  worker: false,
+  workers: false,
+};
+
+const vcr = require('../../lib/appenders/recording');
+
+const log4js = sandbox.require(
+  '../../lib/log4js',
+  {
+    requires: {
+      cluster: passengerCluster,
+      './appenders/recording': vcr
+    }
+  }
+);
+
+test('When running in Passenger', (batch) => {
+  batch.test('it should still log', (t) => {
+    log4js.configure({
+      appenders: {
+        vcr: { type: 'recording' }
+      },
+      categories: {
+        default: { appenders: ['vcr'], level: 'info' }
+      },
+      disableClustering: true
+    });
+    log4js.getLogger().info('This should still work');
+
+    const events = vcr.replay();
+    t.equal(events.length, 1);
+    t.equal(events[0].data[0], 'This should still work');
+    t.end();
+  });
+
+  batch.end();
+});