diff --git a/lib/test/mac/mac_pcap_test.cc b/lib/test/mac/mac_pcap_test.cc
index c8fdd4c90..627adc412 100644
--- a/lib/test/mac/mac_pcap_test.cc
+++ b/lib/test/mac/mac_pcap_test.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ void write_pcap_nr_thread_function(srslte::mac_pcap* pcap_handle, const std::arr
 
 int mac_pcap_eutra_test()
 {
+  auto& pcap_logger = srslog::fetch_basic_logger("PCAP");
+  pcap_logger.info("In mac_pcap_eutra_test");
   std::array<uint8_t, 150> tv = {
       0x21, 0x08, 0x22, 0x80, 0x82, 0x1f, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02,
       0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02,
@@ -58,16 +60,17 @@ int mac_pcap_eutra_test()
   TESTASSERT(pcap_handle->open("mac_pcap_test.pcap") != SRSLTE_SUCCESS); // open again will fail
 
   std::vector<std::thread> writer_threads;
+  pcap_logger.info("Start writer_threads");
 
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num_threads; i++) {
     writer_threads.push_back(std::thread(write_pcap_eutra_thread_function, pcap_handle.get(), tv, num_pdus_per_thread));
   }
-
+  pcap_logger.info("Wait for writer_threads to finish");
   // wait for threads to finish
   for (std::thread& thread : writer_threads) {
     thread.join();
   }
-
+  pcap_logger.info("Close PCAP handle");
   TESTASSERT(pcap_handle->close() == SRSLTE_SUCCESS);
   TESTASSERT(pcap_handle->close() != 0); // closing twice will fail
 
@@ -76,6 +79,8 @@ int mac_pcap_eutra_test()
 
 int mac_pcap_nr_test()
 {
+  auto& pcap_logger = srslog::fetch_basic_logger("PCAP");
+  pcap_logger.info("In mac_pcap_nr_test");
   std::array<uint8_t, 11> tv = {0x42, 0x00, 0x08, 0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, 0x77, 0x88};
 
   uint32_t num_threads         = 10;
@@ -86,16 +91,19 @@ int mac_pcap_nr_test()
   TESTASSERT(pcap_handle->open("mac_pcap_nr_test.pcap") != SRSLTE_SUCCESS); // open again will fail
 
   std::vector<std::thread> writer_threads;
+  pcap_logger.info("Start writer_threads");
 
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num_threads; i++) {
     writer_threads.push_back(std::thread(write_pcap_nr_thread_function, pcap_handle.get(), tv, num_pdus_per_thread));
   }
 
+  pcap_logger.info("Wait for writer_threads to finish");
   // wait for threads to finish
   for (std::thread& thread : writer_threads) {
     thread.join();
   }
 
+  pcap_logger.info("Close PCAP handle");
   TESTASSERT(pcap_handle->close() == SRSLTE_SUCCESS);
   TESTASSERT(pcap_handle->close() != 0); // closing twice will fail
 
@@ -104,6 +112,21 @@ int mac_pcap_nr_test()
 
 int main()
 {
+  // Start the log backend.
+  srslog::init();
+
+  auto& mac_logger = srslog::fetch_basic_logger("MAC", false);
+  mac_logger.set_level(srslog::basic_levels::debug);
+  mac_logger.set_hex_dump_max_size(-1);
+
+  auto& pcap_logger = srslog::fetch_basic_logger("PCAP", false);
+  pcap_logger.set_level(srslog::basic_levels::debug);
+  pcap_logger.set_hex_dump_max_size(-1);
+
+  pcap_logger.info("Start mac_pcap_eutra_test");
   TESTASSERT(mac_pcap_eutra_test() == SRSLTE_SUCCESS);
+  pcap_logger.info("Start mac_pcap_nr_test");
   TESTASSERT(mac_pcap_nr_test() == SRSLTE_SUCCESS);
+
+  srslog::flush();
 }