diff --git a/blaze-core/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/blaze-core/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f824320ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blaze-core/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<configuration>
+
+  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+    <!-- encoders are assigned the type
+         ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder by default -->
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n${LOGBACK_EXCEPTION_PATTERN:-%throwable}</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+
+  <!-- Configurable via the env variable -->
+  <root level="${LOGBACK_ROOT_LEVEL:-INFO}">
+    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+  </root>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ab039eee3..83f7d39cd 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ lazy val blazeCore = Project("http4s-blaze-core", file("blaze-core"))
     tlMimaPreviousVersions ++= (0 to 11).map(y => s"0.23.$y").toSet,
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "org.http4s" %% "http4s-core" % http4sVersion,
-      "org.typelevel" %% "munit-cats-effect-3" % munitCatsEffectVersion % Test
+      "org.typelevel" %% "munit-cats-effect-3" % munitCatsEffectVersion % Test,
+      logbackClassic % Test
     ),
     mimaBinaryIssueFilters := {
       if (tlIsScala3.value)