diff --git a/tests/wasm/log_test.go b/tests/wasm/log_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9cc1bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wasm/log_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// +build go1.14
+
+package wasm
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/chromedp/chromedp"
+)
+
+func TestLog(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	err := run("tinygo build -o " + wasmTmpDir + "/log.wasm -target wasm testdata/log.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := chromectx(5 * time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	var log1 string
+	err = chromedp.Run(ctx,
+		chromedp.Navigate("http://localhost:8826/run?file=log.wasm"),
+		chromedp.Sleep(time.Second),
+		chromedp.InnerHTML("#log", &log1),
+		waitLogRe(`^..../../.. ..:..:.. log 1
+..../../.. ..:..:.. log 2
+..../../.. ..:..:.. log 3
+println 4
+fmt.Println 5
+..../../.. ..:..:.. log 6
+in func 1
+..../../.. ..:..:.. in func 2
+$`),
+	)
+	t.Logf("log1: %s", log1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/wasm/setup_test.go b/tests/wasm/setup_test.go
index 7d5ffa67..a38b4265 100644
--- a/tests/wasm/setup_test.go
+++ b/tests/wasm/setup_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -145,12 +146,23 @@ if (wasmSupported) {
 
 }
 
+// waitLog blocks until the log output equals the text provided (ignoring whitespace before and after)
 func waitLog(logText string) chromedp.QueryAction {
-	return waitInnerTextTrimEq("#log", logText)
+	return waitInnerTextTrimEq("#log", strings.TrimSpace(logText))
 }
 
-// waitInnerTextTrimEq will wait for the innerText of the specified element to match a specific string after whitespace trimming.
-func waitInnerTextTrimEq(sel, innerText string) chromedp.QueryAction {
+// waitLogRe blocks until the log output matches this regular expression
+func waitLogRe(restr string) chromedp.QueryAction {
+	return waitInnerTextMatch("#log", regexp.MustCompile(restr))
+}
+
+// waitInnerTextTrimEq will wait for the innerText of the specified element to match a specific text pattern (ignoring whitespace before and after)
+func waitInnerTextTrimEq(sel string, innerText string) chromedp.QueryAction {
+	return waitInnerTextMatch(sel, regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*`+regexp.QuoteMeta(innerText)+`\s*$`))
+}
+
+// waitInnerTextMatch will wait for the innerText of the specified element to match a specific regexp pattern
+func waitInnerTextMatch(sel string, re *regexp.Regexp) chromedp.QueryAction {
 
 	return chromedp.Query(sel, func(s *chromedp.Selector) {
 
@@ -173,7 +185,7 @@ func waitInnerTextTrimEq(sel, innerText string) chromedp.QueryAction {
 			if err != nil {
 				return nodes, err
 			}
-			if strings.TrimSpace(ret) != innerText {
+			if !re.MatchString(ret) {
 				// log.Printf("found text: %s", ret)
 				return nodes, errors.New("unexpected value: " + ret)
 			}
diff --git a/tests/wasm/testdata/log.go b/tests/wasm/testdata/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c16fe1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wasm/testdata/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"syscall/js"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	// try various log and other output directly
+	log.Println("log 1")
+	log.Print("log 2")
+	log.Printf("log %d\n", 3)
+	println("println 4")
+	fmt.Println("fmt.Println 5")
+	log.Printf("log %s", "6")
+
+	// now set up some log output in a button click callback
+	js.Global().
+		Get("document").
+		Call("querySelector", "#main").
+		Set("innerHTML", `<button id="testbtn">Test</button>`)
+
+	js.Global().
+		Get("document").
+		Call("querySelector", "#testbtn").
+		Call("addEventListener", "click",
+			js.FuncOf(func(this js.Value, args []js.Value) interface{} {
+				println("in func 1")
+				log.Printf("in func 2")
+				return nil
+			}))
+
+	// click the button
+	js.Global().
+		Get("document").
+		Call("querySelector", "#testbtn").
+		Call("click")
+
+}