diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8775f144c5..9f95532ad8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3754,6 +3754,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-derive 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serial_test 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serial_test_derive 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "solana-logger 1.2.0",
  "solana-sdk 1.2.0",
  "solana_rbpf 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/programs/bpf_loader/Cargo.toml b/programs/bpf_loader/Cargo.toml
index 7d12d07213..2d457402b5 100644
--- a/programs/bpf_loader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/programs/bpf_loader/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ solana-sdk = { path = "../../sdk", version = "1.2.0" }
 solana_rbpf = "=0.1.25"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+serial_test = "0.4.0"
+serial_test_derive = "0.4.0"
+
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["lib", "cdylib"]
 name = "solana_bpf_loader_program"
diff --git a/programs/bpf_loader/src/helpers.rs b/programs/bpf_loader/src/helpers.rs
index 12a83a2c20..99f0d87c04 100644
--- a/programs/bpf_loader/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/programs/bpf_loader/src/helpers.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ impl HelperObject<BPFError> for HelperSolAllocFree {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use serial_test_derive::serial;
     use solana_sdk::{
         instruction::{AccountMeta, Instruction},
         pubkey::Pubkey,
@@ -403,10 +404,10 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
     }
 
-    // Ignore this test: solana_logger conflicts when running tests concurrently,
+    // Serialize this test: solana_logger conflicts when running tests concurrently,
     // this results in the bad string length being ignored and not returning an error
-    #[ignore]
     #[test]
+    #[serial]
     fn test_helper_sol_log() {
         let string = "Gaggablaghblagh!";
         let addr = string.as_ptr() as *const _ as u64;
@@ -431,7 +432,10 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap_err();
     }
 
+    // Serialize this test: solana_logger conflicts when running tests concurrently,
+    // this results in the bad string length being ignored and not returning an error
     #[test]
+    #[serial]
     fn test_helper_sol_log_u64() {
         solana_logger::setup_with_default("solana=info");