diff --git a/runtime/testenv/testenv.go b/runtime/testenv/testenv.go
index ae149bc82..255abc3f7 100644
--- a/runtime/testenv/testenv.go
+++ b/runtime/testenv/testenv.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package testenv
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -53,7 +54,14 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	klog.InitFlags(nil)
+	// NOTE: The following enables glog and klog to coexist. If a test depends
+	// on a package that uses glog, klog flag initialization here would result
+	// in redeclaration of some flags. The following creates a new FlagSet and
+	// uses it to initializes klog.
+	// Refer: https://github.com/kubernetes/klog/blob/f8e668dbaa5f6f0e6a5c24ffd7667263840d79ae/examples/coexist_glog/coexist_glog.go
+	klogFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("klog", flag.ExitOnError)
+	klog.InitFlags(klogFlags)
+
 	logger := klogr.New()
 	log.SetLogger(logger)
 	ctrl.SetLogger(logger)