diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/loggers/console.yml b/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/loggers/console.yml
index b233de4..d4c4b6a 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/loggers/console.yml
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/loggers/console.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ logging:
     handlers:
       - class: logging.StreamHandler
   fixture:
-    format: '[%(name)s] %(message)s'
+    format: '[%(name)s] %(asctime)s %(message)s'
     handlers:
-      - class: logging.StreamHandler
+      - class: delayed
   tests:
     format: '[%(name)s] %(asctime)s %(message)s'
     handlers:
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokelib/logging/config.py b/buildscripts/resmokelib/logging/config.py
index c3960bb..9cf2f94 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokelib/logging/config.py
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokelib/logging/config.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import logging
 import sys
+import time
 
 from . import buildlogger
 from . import formatters
+from . import handlers
 from . import loggers
 
 
@@ -110,6 +112,26 @@ def apply_buildlogger_test_handler(logger,
     logger.addHandler(handler)
 
 
+class DelayedStreamHandler(handlers.BufferedHandler):
+
+    def __init__(self, handler):
+        super(DelayedStreamHandler, self).__init__(5, 1)
+        self.handler = handler
+
+    def setFormatter(self, formatter):
+        super(DelayedStreamHandler, self).setFormatter(formatter)
+        self.handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+
+    def flush_with_lock(self, close_called):
+        for record in self.buffer:
+            self.handler.handle(record)
+
+        # Simulate a long network delay.
+        time.sleep(2)
+
+        self.buffer = []
+
+
 def _configure_logger(logger, logger_info):
     """
     Adds the handlers specified by the configuration to 'logger'.
@@ -127,6 +149,8 @@ def _configure_logger(logger, logger_info):
             handler = logging.NullHandler()
         elif handler_class == "logging.StreamHandler":
             handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+        elif handler_class == "delayed":
+            handler = DelayedStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
         elif handler_class == "buildlogger":
             continue  # Buildlogger handlers are applied when running tests.
         else: