diff --git a/system_tests/logging_.py b/system_tests/logging_.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b3e99a453b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_tests/logging_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import time
+
+import unittest2
+
+from gcloud import _helpers
+from gcloud.environment_vars import TESTS_PROJECT
+from gcloud import logging
+
+
+DEFAULT_LOGGER_NAME = 'system-tests-%d' % (1000 * time.time(),)
+
+
+class Config(object):
+    """Run-time configuration to be modified at set-up.
+
+    This is a mutable stand-in to allow test set-up to modify
+    global state.
+    """
+    CLIENT = None
+
+
+def setUpModule():
+    _helpers.PROJECT = TESTS_PROJECT
+    Config.CLIENT = logging.Client()
+
+
+class TestLogging(unittest2.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.to_delete = []
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for doomed in self.to_delete:
+            doomed.delete()
+
+    def test_log_text(self):
+        TEXT_PAYLOAD = 'System test: test_log_text'
+        logger = Config.CLIENT.logger(DEFAULT_LOGGER_NAME)
+        self.to_delete.append(logger)
+        logger.log_text(TEXT_PAYLOAD)
+        time.sleep(2)
+        entries, _ = logger.list_entries()
+        self.assertEqual(len(entries), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(entries[0].payload, TEXT_PAYLOAD)
+
+    def test_log_struct(self):
+        JSON_PAYLOAD = {
+            'message': 'System test: test_log_struct',
+            'weather': 'partly cloudy',
+        }
+        logger = Config.CLIENT.logger(DEFAULT_LOGGER_NAME)
+        self.to_delete.append(logger)
+        logger.log_struct(JSON_PAYLOAD)
+        time.sleep(2)
+        entries, _ = logger.list_entries()
+        self.assertEqual(len(entries), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(entries[0].payload, JSON_PAYLOAD)
diff --git a/system_tests/run_system_test.py b/system_tests/run_system_test.py
index 317a4cd8ab89..553b58d29a95 100644
--- a/system_tests/run_system_test.py
+++ b/system_tests/run_system_test.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import bigtable
 import bigtable_happybase
 import datastore
+import logging_
 import pubsub
 import storage
 import system_test_utils
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
     'bigquery': ['project', 'credentials'],
     'bigtable': ['project', 'credentials'],
     'bigtable-happybase': ['project', 'credentials'],
+    'logging': ['project', 'credentials'],
 }
 TEST_MODULES = {
     'datastore': datastore,
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@
     'bigquery': bigquery,
     'bigtable': bigtable,
     'bigtable-happybase': bigtable_happybase,
+    'logging': logging_,
 }