diff --git a/parsec-openssl-provider/Cargo.toml b/parsec-openssl-provider/Cargo.toml
index 07137e72..c14aa262 100644
--- a/parsec-openssl-provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parsec-openssl-provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ log = "0.4"
 parsec-client = { git = "https://github.com/parallaxsecond/parsec-client-rust", tag="0.16.0" }
 parsec-openssl2 = { path = "../parsec-openssl2" }
 openssl-errors = "0.2.0"
+env_logger = "0.11.2"
diff --git a/parsec-openssl-provider/src/lib.rs b/parsec-openssl-provider/src/lib.rs
index e66a4dc1..dabe0152 100644
--- a/parsec-openssl-provider/src/lib.rs
+++ b/parsec-openssl-provider/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ pub unsafe fn parsec_provider_provider_init(
     out: *mut *const OSSL_DISPATCH,
     provctx: types::VOID_PTR_PTR,
 ) -> Result<(), parsec_openssl2::Error> {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let parsec_provider_teardown_ptr: ProviderTeardownPtr = parsec_provider_teardown;
 
     let parsec_provider_gettable_params_ptr: ProviderGettableParamsPtr =