diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2012a546c0..e6ca796bc6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "png",
  "rand 0.8.3",
  "replace_with",
+ "simplelog",
  "smallvec",
  "smol",
  "tree-sitter",
diff --git a/gpui/Cargo.toml b/gpui/Cargo.toml
index 6f883f5dfd..7a984d39b0 100644
--- a/gpui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gpui/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 async-task = "4.0.3"
 ctor = "0.1"
 etagere = "0.2"
+log = "0.4"
 num_cpus = "1.13"
 ordered-float = "2.1.1"
 parking_lot = "0.11.1"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ cc = "1.0.67"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 png = "0.16"
+simplelog = "0.9"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
diff --git a/gpui/src/lib.rs b/gpui/src/lib.rs
index b2222429bd..285e2a4239 100644
--- a/gpui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 mod app;
 pub use app::*;
 mod assets;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test;
 pub use assets::*;
 pub mod elements;
 pub mod font_cache;
diff --git a/gpui/src/test.rs b/gpui/src/test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9048e0bfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpui/src/test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use ctor::ctor;
+use simplelog::SimpleLogger;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+
+#[ctor]
+fn init_logger() {
+    SimpleLogger::init(LevelFilter::Info, Default::default()).expect("could not initialize logger");
+}