diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index c58c48976..3a66e5726 100644
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import codecs
+import logging
 import os
 import re
 import doctest
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ class BaseTestCase(object):
     maxDiff = None      # always dump text difference
     longMessage = True  # keep normal error message when providing our
 
+    logging.basicConfig()
+
     def __read_content(self):
         # Read XML content, assuming it is unicode encoded
         xml_filepath = os.path.join(self.fixtures_path, self.xml_filename)