diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e10dcab..525f21c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -697,3 +697,51 @@ impl<L: Iterator<Item = T>, R: Iterator<Item = T>, T, U: PartialEq, F: Fn(&T) ->
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::{io, str, sync::Mutex};
+
+    use tracing::subscriber::set_global_default;
+    use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, registry};
+
+    use crate::HierarchicalLayer;
+
+    struct RecursiveWriter(Mutex<Vec<u8>>);
+
+    impl io::Write for &RecursiveWriter {
+        fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+            self.0.lock().unwrap().extend(buf);
+
+            tracing::error!("Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition");
+
+            Ok(buf.len())
+        }
+
+        fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+            tracing::error!("Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition");
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// This test checks that if `tracing` events happen during processing of
+    /// `on_event`, the library does not deadlock.
+    #[test]
+    fn recursive_event() {
+        static WRITER: RecursiveWriter = RecursiveWriter(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+
+        let subscriber = registry().with(HierarchicalLayer::new(2).with_writer(|| &WRITER));
+        set_global_default(subscriber).unwrap();
+
+        tracing::error!("We can never expect the unexpected.");
+
+        let output = WRITER.0.lock().unwrap();
+        let output = str::from_utf8(&output).unwrap();
+
+        // If this test finished we're happy. Let's just also check that we did
+        // in fact log _something_ and that the logs from within the writer did
+        // not actually go through.
+        assert!(output.contains("We can never expect the unexpected."));
+        assert!(!output.contains("Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"));
+    }
+}