diff --git a/common/changes/@bentley/certa/fix-certa-logging_2021-05-10-15-46.json b/common/changes/@bentley/certa/fix-certa-logging_2021-05-10-15-46.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ab08845e83c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@bentley/certa/fix-certa-logging_2021-05-10-15-46.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@bentley/certa",
+      "comment": "",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@bentley/certa",
+  "email": "33036725+wgoehrig@users.noreply.github.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/certa/src/runners/chrome/ChromeTestRunner.ts b/tools/certa/src/runners/chrome/ChromeTestRunner.ts
index 699cfdb75eb4..7d80d854e6fc 100644
--- a/tools/certa/src/runners/chrome/ChromeTestRunner.ts
+++ b/tools/certa/src/runners/chrome/ChromeTestRunner.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ async function runTestsInPuppeteer(config: CertaConfig, port: string) {
       const testBundle = (config.cover && config.instrumentedTestBundle) || config.testBundle;
       await page.goto(`http://localhost:${port}`);
       await page.addScriptTag({ content: `var _CERTA_CONFIG = ${JSON.stringify(config)};` });
+      await loadScript(page, require.resolve("../../utils/initLogging.js"));
       await loadScript(page, require.resolve("mocha/mocha.js"));
       await loadScript(page, require.resolve("source-map-support/browser-source-map-support.js"));
       await loadScript(page, require.resolve("../../utils/initSourceMaps.js"));
diff --git a/tools/certa/src/runners/electron/initElectronTests.ts b/tools/certa/src/runners/electron/initElectronTests.ts
index c11c5d93175e..ff86e4dfcbe7 100644
--- a/tools/certa/src/runners/electron/initElectronTests.ts
+++ b/tools/certa/src/runners/electron/initElectronTests.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 * See LICENSE.md in the project root for license terms and full copyright notice.
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 import { ipcRenderer, remote } from "electron";
+
+// NB: This has to happen _before_ we import mocha!
+window._CertaConsole = (name: string, args: any[] = [""]) => {
+  if (args.length === 0)
+    args.push("");
+
+  return remote.getGlobal("console")[name].apply(remote.getGlobal("console"), args);
+};
+import "../../utils/initLogging";
+
 import Mocha = require("mocha");
 
 window.onerror = (_message: any, _source: any, _lineno: any, _colno: any, error: any) => {
@@ -18,12 +28,6 @@ window.onunhandledrejection = (event: any) => {
 // Initialize mocha
 declare const window: any;
 window.mocha = new Mocha();
-window._CertaConsole = (name: string, args: any[] = [""]) => {
-  if (args.length === 0)
-    args.push("");
-
-  return remote.getGlobal("console")[name].apply(remote.getGlobal("console"), args);
-};
 import "../../utils/initMocha";
 
 async function startCertaTests(entryPoint: string) {
diff --git a/tools/certa/src/utils/initLogging.ts b/tools/certa/src/utils/initLogging.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..406396efcde4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/certa/src/utils/initLogging.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+* Copyright (c) Bentley Systems, Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+* See LICENSE.md in the project root for license terms and full copyright notice.
+*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+// NB: This file is not a CommonJs module - it needs to run in the browser. Do not import or export modules here!
+
+declare let _CertaConsole: undefined | ((name: string, args: any[]) => void); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+
+// Redirect all console output back to the main (backend) process, if necessary
+if (typeof _CertaConsole !== "undefined") {
+  function forwardConsole(name: keyof typeof console) {
+    const original = console[name];
+    console[name] = (...args: any[]) => {
+      _CertaConsole!(name, args);
+      // Also preserve the original behavior. This way, test progress is reported in both the backend _and_ frontend processes.
+      // This helps keep the output readable when debugging the frontend.
+      original.apply(console, args);
+    };
+  }
+  forwardConsole("log");
+  forwardConsole("error");
+  forwardConsole("dir");
+}
diff --git a/tools/certa/src/utils/initMocha.ts b/tools/certa/src/utils/initMocha.ts
index 683d07232692..1660b8dbdb5f 100644
--- a/tools/certa/src/utils/initMocha.ts
+++ b/tools/certa/src/utils/initMocha.ts
@@ -6,23 +6,6 @@
 
 type CertaConfig = import("../CertaConfig").CertaConfig;
 declare let _CERTA_CONFIG: CertaConfig; // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-declare let _CertaConsole: undefined | ((name: string, args: any[]) => void); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-
-// Redirect all console output back to the main (backend) process, if necessary
-if (typeof _CertaConsole !== "undefined") {
-  function forwardConsole(name: keyof typeof console) {
-    const original = console[name];
-    console[name] = (...args: any[]) => {
-      _CertaConsole!(name, args);
-      // Also preserve the original behavior. This way, test progress is reported in both the backend _and_ frontend processes.
-      // This helps keep the output readable when debugging the frontend.
-      original.apply(console, args);
-    };
-  }
-  forwardConsole("log");
-  forwardConsole("error");
-  forwardConsole("dir");
-}
 
 ((config: CertaConfig) => {
   const mochaOpts = config.mochaOptions;