diff --git a/test/ring/async_logger_test.clj b/test/ring/async_logger_test.clj
index 0a880cc..f72bd05 100644
--- a/test/ring/async_logger_test.clj
+++ b/test/ring/async_logger_test.clj
@@ -544,10 +544,7 @@
                finish))
         (is (pos? elapsed))))))
 
-;; This test is similar to ring.logger-test/tools-logging-test,
-;; only it uses the async middleware. However, for some reason
-;; one of the tests fails when both of them are enabled.
-#_(deftest tools-logging-test
+(deftest tools-logging-test
   (let [handler (-> ok-handler
                     logger/wrap-with-logger
                     wrap-params)
diff --git a/test/ring/logger_test.clj b/test/ring/logger_test.clj
index f9289a9..fef1b2c 100644
--- a/test/ring/logger_test.clj
+++ b/test/ring/logger_test.clj
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
    [ring.logger.compat :as logger.compat]
    [ring.mock.request :as mock])
   (:import
-   [java.io ByteArrayOutputStream PrintStream]))
+   [java.io ByteArrayOutputStream PrintStream]
+   [org.apache.log4j LogManager]))
 
 (def ok-handler
   (fn [req]
@@ -347,6 +348,8 @@
          tmp-out# (PrintStream. out-buffer# true "UTF-8")]
      (try
        (System/setOut tmp-out#)
+       ;; The console appender needs to be re-activated to ensure it sees the new value of System/out
+       (.activateOptions (.getAppender (LogManager/getRootLogger) "console"))
        ~@body
        (finally
          (System/setOut original-out#)))