diff --git a/lib/google/api_client/railtie.rb b/lib/google/api_client/railtie.rb
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+require 'google/api_client/logging'
+
+module Google
+  class APIClient
+    
+    ##
+    # Optional support class for Rails. Currently replaces the built-in logger
+    # with Rails' application log.
+    #
+    class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
+      initializer 'google-api-client' do |app|
+        Google::APIClient.logger = Rails.logger
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end