diff --git a/src/tests/config/test-config.c b/src/tests/config/test-config.c
index 808fc670b3..4d99506c28 100644
--- a/src/tests/config/test-config.c
+++ b/src/tests/config/test-config.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <nm-config.h>
 #include "nm-test-device.h"
 #include "nm-fake-platform.h"
+#include "nm-logging.h"
+
+#include "nm-test-utils.h"
 
 static void
 setup_config (const char *config_file, const char *config_dir, ...)
@@ -279,14 +282,12 @@ test_config_confdir_parse_error (void)
 	g_assert_error (error, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR_PARSE);
 }
 
+NMTST_DEFINE ();
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 35, 0)
-	g_type_init ();
-#endif
-
-	g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
 
 	nm_fake_platform_setup ();