diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f795433e..2b4e124d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<spring.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<logback.version>1.0.9</logback.version>
 		<jackson1.version>1.9.10</jackson1.version>
 		<jackson2.version>2.1.1</jackson2.version>
 		<jaxrs.version>1.0</jaxrs.version>
 		<jsonpath.version>0.8.1</jsonpath.version>
 		<minidevjson.version>1.1.1</minidevjson.version>
+		<slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
 		<bundlor.failOnWarnings>true</bundlor.failOnWarnings>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -72,6 +74,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring.version}</version>
+		<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -143,6 +151,26 @@
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/src/test/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef0ecf20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+
+	<appender name="console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%d %5p %40.40c:%4L - %m%n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="org.springframework.hateoas" level="error" />
+
+	<root level="error">
+		<appender-ref ref="console" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file