diff --git a/NOTICE.md b/NOTICE.md
index c735df441..5c654dfbf 100644
--- a/NOTICE.md
+++ b/NOTICE.md
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ This product depends on AssertJ, distributed by the AssertJ authors:
 * License: licenses/bindings/java/errorprone-license.md (Apache License v2.0)
 * Homepage: https://joel-costigliola.github.io/assertj/
 
+This product depends on logback, distributed by the logback authors: 
+
+* License: licenses/bindings/java/logback-license.md (Apache License v2.0)
+* Homepage: https://github.com/qos-ch/logback?tab=License-1-ov-file 
+
 This product depends on serde, distributed by the serde-rs project: 
 
 * License: licenses/core/serde-apache-license.md (Apache License v2.0)
diff --git a/bindings/java/build.gradle.kts b/bindings/java/build.gradle.kts
index fcdebad3a..2a4b7b8a8 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bindings/java/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.16")
+    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.5.16")
+
     errorprone("com.uber.nullaway:nullaway:0.10.26") // maximum version which supports java 8
     errorprone("com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core:2.10.0") // maximum version which supports java 8
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/bindings/java/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5143dd837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="debug">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/licenses/bindings/java/logback-license.md b/licenses/bindings/java/logback-license.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e16a14c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/bindings/java/logback-license.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Logback LICENSE
+---------------
+
+Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
+Copyright (C) 1999-2024, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
+
+This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
+either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
+the Eclipse Foundation
+
+or (per the licensee's choosing)
+
+under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
+as published by the Free Software Foundation.