diff --git a/native-image-support/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-core/native-image.properties b/native-image-support/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-core/native-image.properties
index aa61561066..a9171de6a2 100644
--- a/native-image-support/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-core/native-image.properties
+++ b/native-image-support/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-core/native-image.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Args = --allow-incomplete-classpath \
 --enable-url-protocols=https,http \
---initialize-at-build-time=org.conscrypt \
+--initialize-at-build-time=org.conscrypt,\
+  org.slf4j.LoggerFactory \
 --initialize-at-run-time=io.grpc.netty.shaded.io.netty.handler.ssl.OpenSsl,\
     io.grpc.netty.shaded.io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSL,\
     io.grpc.netty.shaded.io.netty.internal.tcnative.CertificateVerifier,\