diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ae670e1fa..32abf4e24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ jobs:
   unit-tests-single:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
     with:
-      cmake-args: '-UNUMBER_OF_WORKERS -DLF_SINGLE_THREADED=1'
+      cmake-args: '-UNUMBER_OF_WORKERS -DLF_SINGLE_THREADED=1 -DLOG_LEVEL=4'
 
   unit-tests-multi:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
     with:
-      cmake-args: '-DNUMBER_OF_WORKERS=4 -ULF_SINGLE_THREADED'
+      cmake-args: '-DNUMBER_OF_WORKERS=4 -ULF_SINGLE_THREADED -DLOG_LEVEL=4'
 
   build-rti:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-rti.yml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e7baab409..b0f86c3b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: unit-tests
 unit-tests: clean
 	# In case NUMBER_OF_WORKERS has been set, unset it.
-	cmake -B build -UNUMBER_OF_WORKERS
+	cmake -B build -UNUMBER_OF_WORKERS -DLOG_LEVEL=4
 	cmake --build build
 	cd build && make test
 
diff --git a/logging/api/logging_macros.h b/logging/api/logging_macros.h
index 2a8a04c1b..3a8441160 100644
--- a/logging/api/logging_macros.h
+++ b/logging/api/logging_macros.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define LOGGING_MACROS_H
 #include "logging.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include "low_level_platform.h"
 
 /** Default log level. */
 #ifndef LOG_LEVEL
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ static const bool _lf_log_level_is_debug = LOG_LEVEL >= LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG;
 #define LF_PRINT_DEBUG(format, ...)                                                                                    \
   do {                                                                                                                 \
     if (_lf_log_level_is_debug) {                                                                                      \
-      lf_print_debug(format, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                                                           \
+      lf_print_debug("[" PRINTF_TIME "]" format, lf_time_physical_elapsed(), ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
     }                                                                                                                  \
   } while (0)
 
diff --git a/test/general/logging_test.c b/test/general/logging_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a20f7d5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/general/logging_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#include "logging_macros.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <regex.h>
+
+#define TIMEED_DEBUG_CHAR_LEN 30
+#define SOME_EXTRA_SPACE 10
+/**
+ * @brief unit for LF_PRINT_DEBUG macro
+ * LOG_LEVEL must be in LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
+ */
+void test_logging_macro(const char* expected, int st_len) {
+
+  FILE* tmp = tmpfile(); // auto-deletes when closed
+  char* buffer;
+  char pattern[256];
+  regex_t re;
+  int result;
+
+  // Computing the buffer size based on strlen("DEBUG: ") + \0 + \n + extra space
+  int buffer_size = st_len + TIMEED_DEBUG_CHAR_LEN + SOME_EXTRA_SPACE;
+
+  if (!tmp) {
+    perror("tmpfile");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  // Redirect stdout -> tmp
+  fflush(stdout);
+  int fd = fileno(tmp);
+  if (fd == -1 || dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1) {
+    perror("redirect stdout");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  // Call code under test
+  LF_PRINT_DEBUG("%s", expected);
+
+  fflush(stdout); // flush so data goes into tmp
+  rewind(tmp);    // reset read position
+
+  // Read back
+  buffer = (char*)malloc(buffer_size);
+  size_t n = fread(buffer, 1, buffer_size - 1, tmp);
+  buffer[n] = '\0';
+
+  // Regex to check format: DEBUG: [number]expected\n
+  snprintf(pattern, sizeof(pattern), "^DEBUG: \\[-?[0-9]+\\]%s\\n?$", expected);
+
+  if (regcomp(&re, pattern, REG_EXTENDED | REG_NEWLINE) != 0) {
+    perror("regcomp");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  result = regexec(&re, buffer, 0, NULL, 0);
+  regfree(&re);
+
+  assert(result == 0); // match succeeded
+
+  fclose(tmp); // deletes the file
+  free(buffer);
+}
+
+int main() {
+  char* str_test = "Hello World";
+  test_logging_macro(str_test, strlen(str_test));
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/trace/impl/CMakeLists.txt b/trace/impl/CMakeLists.txt
index f4a6b8b55..2da8e5bfa 100644
--- a/trace/impl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/trace/impl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ add_library(lf-trace-impl STATIC)
 add_library(lf::trace-impl ALIAS lf-trace-impl)
 target_link_libraries(lf-trace-impl PRIVATE lf::trace-api)
 target_link_libraries(lf-trace-impl PRIVATE lf::platform-api)
+target_link_libraries(lf-trace-impl PRIVATE lf::low-level-platform-api)
 target_link_libraries(lf-trace-impl PRIVATE lf::logging-api)
 target_link_libraries(lf-trace-impl PRIVATE lf::version-api)
 lf_enable_compiler_warnings(lf-trace-impl)