diff --git a/Tools/android_run.py b/Tools/android_run.py
index b2f7cd8203..96b2aaaae4 100644
--- a/Tools/android_run.py
+++ b/Tools/android_run.py
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ def build_and_install(device):
 def start(device, app_args):
 	"""Force-stops the app and starts it with app_args (a list of options)."""
 	adb(["shell", "am force-stop " + PACKAGE], device)
+	# Some devices default every log tag to silent (persist.log.tag=S), which drops all of ours before it
+	# reaches logcat. This lets ours through, until the next reboot.
+	adb(["shell", "setprop log.tag.PPSSPP V"], device)
 	command = "am start -n %s/.PpssppActivity" % PACKAGE
 	if app_args:
 		# The shell on the device parses this once more, so quote the whole thing.
diff --git a/docs/android-device-testing.md b/docs/android-device-testing.md
index 80ac1577ca..0a51f84a5a 100644
--- a/docs/android-device-testing.md
+++ b/docs/android-device-testing.md
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ away within seconds, which reads as "logging stopped" rather than "logging was l
     python Tools/android_run.py --log --start-screen=firmware          # and follow the app's log
 
 It force-stops the app first, since options are only read at startup, and passes them in the
-`org.ppsspp.ppsspp.Args` intent extra. The `--start-screen` names are in `NativeInit()` in `UI/NativeApp.cpp`.
+`org.ppsspp.ppsspp.Args` intent extra. It also sets `log.tag.PPSSPP` to `V`: some devices default every
+tag to silent (`persist.log.tag` is `S`), and then logcat busily shows other apps but never a line of ours. The `--start-screen` names are in `NativeInit()` in `UI/NativeApp.cpp`.
 
 ## Running the C++ unit tests on a device