diff --git a/liblog/tests/Android.mk b/liblog/tests/Android.mk
index db06cf7..d1d9115 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/liblog/tests/Android.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 benchmark_src_files := \
     benchmark_main.cpp \
-    liblog_benchmark.cpp \
+    liblog_benchmark.cpp
 
 # Build benchmarks for the device. Run with:
 #   adb shell liblog-benchmarks
@@ -59,10 +59,22 @@
     -g \
     -Wall -Wextra \
     -Werror \
-    -fno-builtin \
+    -fno-builtin
 
 test_src_files := \
-    liblog_test.cpp \
+    liblog_test.cpp
+
+# to prevent breaking the build if bionic not relatively visible to us
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(LOCAL_PATH)/../../../../bionic/libc/bionic/libc_logging.cpp),)
+
+test_src_files += \
+    libc_test.cpp
+
+ifndef ($(TARGET_USES_LOGD),false)
+test_c_flags += -DTARGET_USES_LOGD
+endif
+
+endif
 
 # Build tests for the device (with .so). Run with:
 #   adb shell /data/nativetest/liblog-unit-tests/liblog-unit-tests
diff --git a/liblog/tests/libc_test.cpp b/liblog/tests/libc_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0abc375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/tests/libc_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+// Should be in bionic test suite, *but* we are using liblog to confirm
+// end-to-end logging, so let the overly cute oedipus complex begin ...
+#include "../../../../bionic/libc/bionic/libc_logging.cpp" // not Standalone
+#define _ANDROID_LOG_H // Priorities redefined
+#define _LIBS_LOG_LOG_H // log ids redefined
+typedef unsigned char log_id_t; // log_id_t missing as a result
+#ifdef TARGET_USES_LOGD
+#define _LIBS_LOG_LOG_READ_H // log_time redefined
+#endif
+
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+#include <log/log_read.h>
+
+TEST(libc, __libc_android_log_event_int) {
+    struct logger_list *logger_list;
+
+    pid_t pid = getpid();
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (logger_list = android_logger_list_open(
+        LOG_ID_EVENTS, O_RDONLY | O_NDELAY, 1000, pid)));
+
+    struct timespec ts;
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+    int value = ts.tv_nsec;
+
+    __libc_android_log_event_int(0, value);
+    usleep(1000000);
+
+    int count = 0;
+
+    for (;;) {
+        log_msg log_msg;
+        if (android_logger_list_read(logger_list, &log_msg) <= 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(log_msg.entry.pid, pid);
+
+        if ((log_msg.entry.len != (4 + 1 + 4))
+         || ((int)log_msg.id() != LOG_ID_EVENTS)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        char *eventData = log_msg.msg();
+
+        int incoming = (eventData[0] & 0xFF) |
+                      ((eventData[1] & 0xFF) << 8) |
+                      ((eventData[2] & 0xFF) << 16) |
+                      ((eventData[3] & 0xFF) << 24);
+
+        if (incoming != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (eventData[4] != EVENT_TYPE_INT) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        incoming = (eventData[4 + 1 + 0] & 0xFF) |
+                  ((eventData[4 + 1 + 1] & 0xFF) << 8) |
+                  ((eventData[4 + 1 + 2] & 0xFF) << 16) |
+                  ((eventData[4 + 1 + 3] & 0xFF) << 24);
+
+        if (incoming == value) {
+            ++count;
+        }
+    }
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(1, count);
+
+    android_logger_list_close(logger_list);
+}
+
+TEST(libc, __libc_fatal_no_abort) {
+    struct logger_list *logger_list;
+
+    pid_t pid = getpid();
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (logger_list = android_logger_list_open(
+        (log_id_t)LOG_ID_MAIN, O_RDONLY | O_NDELAY, 1000, pid)));
+
+    char b[80];
+    struct timespec ts;
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+
+    __libc_fatal_no_abort("%u.%09u", (unsigned)ts.tv_sec, (unsigned)ts.tv_nsec);
+    snprintf(b, sizeof(b),"%u.%09u", (unsigned)ts.tv_sec, (unsigned)ts.tv_nsec);
+    usleep(1000000);
+
+    int count = 0;
+
+    for (;;) {
+        log_msg log_msg;
+        if (android_logger_list_read(logger_list, &log_msg) <= 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(log_msg.entry.pid, pid);
+
+        if ((int)log_msg.id() != LOG_ID_MAIN) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        char *data = log_msg.msg();
+
+        if ((*data == ANDROID_LOG_FATAL)
+                && !strcmp(data + 1, "libc")
+                && !strcmp(data + 1 + strlen(data + 1) + 1, b)) {
+            ++count;
+        }
+    }
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(1, count);
+
+    android_logger_list_close(logger_list);
+}