diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 472b5daf..c563e4da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install .
       - name: Install test dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install pytest pytest-timeout pytest-cov neon-lang-plugin-libretranslate
+          pip install -r requirements/test.txt
       - name: Run unittests
         run: |
           pytest --cov=ovos_plugin_manager --cov-report xml test/unittests
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}}
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+      - name: Install ovos-core for integration testing
+        run: |
+          pip install ovos-core
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        run: |
+          pytest test/integration
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diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68e1fe26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pytest
+pytest-timeout
+pytest-cov
+neon-lang-plugin-libretranslate~=0.2
+ovos-tts-plugin-espeakng@git+https://github.com/openvoiceos/ovos-tts-plugin-espeakng@ENHANCEMENT_expose-config
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diff --git a/test/integration/test_plugin_init.py b/test/integration/test_plugin_init.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2cd80d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test_plugin_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import unittest
+
+from os import environ
+from os.path import join, dirname, isdir, isfile
+from shutil import rmtree
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+environ["OVOS_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL"] = "DEBUG"
+
+
+class TestPluginInit(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch("mycroft.Configuration")
+    def test_log_output(self, config):
+        # Init log config
+        test_log_dir = join(dirname(__file__), "logs")
+        test_log_level = "DEBUG"
+        test_log_name = "test"
+
+        from ovos_utils.log import LOG
+        from ovos_plugin_manager.tts import load_tts_plugin
+
+        # Mock config for `mycroft` module init
+        config.return_vaule = {
+            "log_level": test_log_level,
+            "logs": {
+                "path": test_log_dir,
+                "max_bytes": 50000000,
+                "backup_count": 1,
+                "diagnostic": False
+            }
+        }
+
+        # This is basically what `init_service_logger` does but with test config
+        LOG.init({"path": test_log_dir, "level": test_log_level})
+        LOG.name = test_log_name
+
+        plugin = load_tts_plugin("ovos-tts-plugin-espeakng")
+        self.assertEqual(LOG.base_path, test_log_dir, LOG.base_path)
+        self.assertEqual(LOG.level, test_log_level, LOG.level)
+        self.assertEqual(LOG.name, test_log_name, LOG.name)
+
+        tts = plugin()
+
+        self.assertEqual(LOG.base_path, test_log_dir, LOG.base_path)
+        self.assertEqual(LOG.level, test_log_level, LOG.level)
+        self.assertEqual(LOG.name, test_log_name, LOG.name)
+        self.assertTrue(isdir(test_log_dir), test_log_dir)
+        self.assertTrue(isfile(join(test_log_dir, "test.log")))
+        with open(join(test_log_dir, "test.log"), 'r') as f:
+            logs = f.read()
+        self.assertIn("Amplitude: ", logs)
+        self.assertIn(f"{tts.config}", logs)
+
+        # Cleanup
+        tts.shutdown()
+        rmtree(test_log_dir)