diff --git a/test/log_process.cpp b/test/log_process.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..499a5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/log_process.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * log_process.cpp - Logging in isolated child process test
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <random>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
+#include <libcamera/event_dispatcher.h>
+#include <libcamera/logging.h>
+#include <libcamera/timer.h>
+
+#include "log.h"
+#include "process.h"
+#include "test.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace libcamera;
+
+static string message("hello from the child");
+
+LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(LogProcessTest)
+
+class LogProcessTestChild
+{
+public:
+	int run(int status, int num)
+	{
+		usleep(50000);
+
+		string logPath = "/tmp/libcamera.worker.test." +
+				 to_string(num) + ".log";
+		if (logSetFile(logPath.c_str()) < 0)
+			return TestSkip;
+
+		LOG(LogProcessTest, Warning) << message;
+
+		return status;
+	}
+};
+
+class LogProcessTest : public Test
+{
+protected:
+	int init()
+	{
+		random_device random;
+		num_ = random();
+
+		proc_.finished.connect(this, &LogProcessTest::procFinished);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	int run()
+	{
+		EventDispatcher *dispatcher = CameraManager::instance()->eventDispatcher();
+		Timer timeout;
+
+		int exitCode = 42;
+		vector<std::string> args;
+		args.push_back(to_string(exitCode));
+		args.push_back(to_string(num_));
+		int ret = proc_.start("/proc/self/exe", args);
+		if (ret) {
+			cerr << "failed to start process" << endl;
+			return TestFail;
+		}
+
+		timeout.start(200);
+		while (timeout.isRunning())
+			dispatcher->processEvents();
+
+		if (exitStatus_ != Process::NormalExit) {
+			cerr << "process did not exit normally" << endl;
+			return TestFail;
+		}
+
+		if (exitCode_ == TestSkip)
+			return TestSkip;
+
+		if (exitCode_ != exitCode) {
+			cerr << "exit code should be " << exitCode
+			     << ", actual is " << exitCode_ << endl;
+			return TestFail;
+		}
+
+		logPath_ = "/tmp/libcamera.worker.test." +
+				 to_string(num_) + ".log";
+		int fd = open(logPath_.c_str(), O_RDONLY, S_IRUSR);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			cerr << "failed to open tmp log file" << endl;
+			return TestFail;
+		}
+
+		char buf[200];
+		memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+		if (read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0) {
+			cerr << "Failed to read tmp log file" << endl;
+			return TestFail;
+		}
+		close(fd);
+
+		string str(buf);
+		if (str.find(message) == string::npos)
+			return TestFail;
+
+		return TestPass;
+	}
+
+	void cleanup()
+	{
+		unlink(logPath_.c_str());
+	}
+
+private:
+	void procFinished(Process *proc, enum Process::ExitStatus exitStatus, int exitCode)
+	{
+		exitStatus_ = exitStatus;
+		exitCode_ = exitCode;
+	}
+
+	Process proc_;
+	enum Process::ExitStatus exitStatus_;
+	string logPath_;
+	int exitCode_;
+	int num_;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Can't use TEST_REGISTER() as single binary needs to act as both
+ * parent and child processes.
+ */
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	if (argc == 3) {
+		int status = std::stoi(argv[1]);
+		int num = std::stoi(argv[2]);
+		LogProcessTestChild child;
+		return child.run(status, num);
+	}
+
+	return LogProcessTest().execute();
+}
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index ad1a2f2..658f283 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public_tests = [
 internal_tests = [
     ['camera-sensor',                   'camera-sensor.cpp'],
     ['log',                             'log.cpp'],
+    ['log_process',                     'log_process.cpp'],
     ['message',                         'message.cpp'],
     ['signal-threads',                  'signal-threads.cpp'],
     ['threads',                         'threads.cpp'],