diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplication/App.cs b/samples/XamlTestApplication/App.cs
index 463d6ecebf..01ac91299c 100644
--- a/samples/XamlTestApplication/App.cs
+++ b/samples/XamlTestApplication/App.cs
@@ -2,16 +2,31 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
-using Perspex;
-using Perspex.Themes.Default;
+using Perspex.Logging.Serilog;
+using Serilog;
 
 namespace XamlTestApplication
 {
     public class App : XamlTestApp
     {
+        public App()
+        {
+            InitializeLogging();
+        }
+
         protected override void RegisterPlatform()
         {
             InitializeSubsystems((int)Environment.OSVersion.Platform);
         }
+
+        private void InitializeLogging()
+        {
+#if DEBUG
+            SerilogLogger.Initialize(new LoggerConfiguration()
+                .MinimumLevel.Warning()
+                .WriteTo.Trace(outputTemplate: "{Area}: {Message}")
+                .CreateLogger());
+#endif
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj b/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj
index 94c56c07e2..38d1b8223d 100644
--- a/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj
+++ b/samples/XamlTestApplication/XamlTestApplication.csproj
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@
       <Project>{42472427-4774-4C81-8AFF-9F27B8E31721}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.Layout</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.Logging.Serilog\Perspex.Logging.Serilog.csproj">
+      <Project>{b61b66a3-b82d-4875-8001-89d3394fe0c9}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Logging.Serilog</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Perspex.ReactiveUI\Perspex.ReactiveUI.csproj">
       <Project>{6417B24E-49C2-4985-8DB2-3AB9D898EC91}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.ReactiveUI</Name>
diff --git a/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/XamlTestApp.cs b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/XamlTestApp.cs
index 8f95fb199c..a4d4ac2e0e 100644
--- a/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/XamlTestApp.cs
+++ b/samples/XamlTestApplicationPcl/XamlTestApp.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using Perspex;
 using Perspex.Markup.Xaml;
-using Perspex.Themes.Default;
 
 namespace XamlTestApplication
 {