diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e365e6cf801..bfa363f443c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3949,6 +3949,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "simpleservo_capi"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "env_logger 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "simpleservo 0.0.1",
 ]
diff --git a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml
index 2cc9228c9df..c649e9736a3 100644
--- a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ bench = false
 [dependencies]
 simpleservo = { path = "../api" }
 log = "0.4"
+env_logger = "0.6"
 
 [features]
 default = ["unstable", "default-except-unstable"]
diff --git a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs
index 2ea3edab711..286bf294fdc 100644
--- a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 
+use env_logger;
 use simpleservo::{self, gl_glue, EventLoopWaker, HostTrait, InitOptions, ServoGlue, SERVO};
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::mem;
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ fn init(
     wakeup: extern "C" fn(),
     callbacks: CHostCallbacks,
 ) {
+    crate::env_logger::init();
+
     let args = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(opts.args) };
     let args = args.to_str().map(|s| s.to_string()).ok();