diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml b/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml
index 920e2f15..6dc5d4c6 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ rxml = "0.9.1"
 webpki-roots = { version = "0.23", optional = true }
 rand = "^0.8"
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+env_logger = "0.10"
+
 [build-dependencies]
 rustc_version = "0.4"
 
diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/ChangeLog b/tokio-xmpp/ChangeLog
index 00f8736c..9f247b2e 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/ChangeLog
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 xxxxxxxxxx
     * Breaking changes:
-          - AsyncClient::new takes a parsed Jid instead of string (#72)
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+          - AsyncClient::new takes a parsed Jid instead of string (#72)
+	* Changes:
+		- env_logger is now included in dev_dependencies for examples debugging with RUST_LOG=debug
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diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/examples/contact_addr.rs b/tokio-xmpp/examples/contact_addr.rs
index 65e1062c..640d3833 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/examples/contact_addr.rs
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/examples/contact_addr.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ use xmpp_parsers::{
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let args: Vec<String> = args().collect();
     if args.len() != 4 {
         println!("Usage: {} <jid> <password> <target>", args[0]);
diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/examples/download_avatars.rs b/tokio-xmpp/examples/download_avatars.rs
index 2af1580c..a5c8438a 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/examples/download_avatars.rs
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/examples/download_avatars.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ use xmpp_parsers::{
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let args: Vec<String> = args().collect();
     if args.len() != 3 {
         println!("Usage: {} <jid> <password>", args[0]);
diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_bot.rs b/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_bot.rs
index eed8c2e6..7c07ec35 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_bot.rs
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_bot.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use xmpp_parsers::{BareJid, Element, Jid};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let args: Vec<String> = args().collect();
     if args.len() != 3 {
         println!("Usage: {} <jid> <password>", args[0]);
diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_component.rs b/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_component.rs
index ef884430..832b2fd3 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_component.rs
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/examples/echo_component.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use xmpp_parsers::{Element, Jid};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let args: Vec<String> = args().collect();
     if args.len() < 3 || args.len() > 5 {
         println!("Usage: {} <jid> <password> [server] [port]", args[0]);
diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/examples/send_message.rs b/tokio-xmpp/examples/send_message.rs
index 9c54a8bc..5b56989d 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/examples/send_message.rs
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/examples/send_message.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use xmpp_parsers::Jid;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let args: Vec<String> = args().collect();
     if args.len() != 4 {
         println!("Usage: {} <jid> <password> <recipient>", args[0]);