diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-logging-logback/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/logback/LoggingAppenderTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-logging-logback/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/logback/LoggingAppenderTest.java
index 5855c80177d7..b465f3ab73c9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-logging-logback/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/logback/LoggingAppenderTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-logging-logback/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/logback/LoggingAppenderTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.logging.LogEntry;
 import com.google.cloud.logging.Logging;
 import com.google.cloud.logging.Logging.WriteOption;
+import com.google.cloud.logging.LoggingOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.logging.Payload.StringPayload;
 import com.google.cloud.logging.Severity;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -211,6 +212,20 @@ public void testMdcValuesAreConvertedToLabels() {
     assertThat(capturedArgument.getValue().iterator().next()).isEqualTo(logEntry);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateLoggingOptions() {
+    LoggingAppender appender =
+        new LoggingAppender() {
+          @Override
+          public LoggingOptions createLoggingOptions() {
+            return LoggingOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build();
+          }
+        };
+    assertThat(appender.getProjectId()).isEqualTo(projectId);
+    appender.start();
+    assertThat(appender.isStarted()).isTrue();
+  }
+
   private LoggingEvent createLoggingEvent(Level level, long timestamp) {
     LoggingEvent loggingEvent = new LoggingEvent();
     loggingEvent.setMessage("this is a test");