diff --git a/polkadot/Cargo.lock b/polkadot/Cargo.lock
index 05d9b0f5f8..0d016ce665 100644
--- a/polkadot/Cargo.lock
+++ b/polkadot/Cargo.lock
@@ -6234,6 +6234,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-externalities",
  "sp-io",
  "sp-maybe-compressed-blob",
+ "sp-tracing",
  "sp-wasm-interface",
  "tempfile",
  "test-parachain-adder",
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml
index b6415078b0..23388b28da 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ sp-io = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 sp-core = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 sp-wasm-interface = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 sp-maybe-compressed-blob = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
+sp-tracing = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 adder = { package = "test-parachain-adder", path = "../../../parachain/test-parachains/adder" }
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/lib.rs
index d29887edba..b65d5797ce 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ mod worker_common;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod testing;
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub use sp_tracing;
+
 pub use error::{ValidationError, InvalidCandidate};
 pub use priority::Priority;
 pub use pvf::Pvf;
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/testing.rs b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/testing.rs
index 9c14ad8bd0..35ba80c1bd 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/testing.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/src/testing.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ pub fn validate_candidate(
 macro_rules! decl_puppet_worker_main {
 	() => {
 		fn main() {
+			$crate::sp_tracing::try_init_simple();
+
 			let args = std::env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>();
 			if args.len() < 2 {
 				panic!("wrong number of arguments");