diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go
index e097a6ce5593..aaca4c4f6d5c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/gossip.go
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ import (
 
 func registerGossip(r *testRegistry) {
 	runGossipChaos := func(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster) {
+		args := startArgs("--args=--vmodule=*=1")
 		c.Put(ctx, cockroach, "./cockroach", c.All())
-		c.Start(ctx, t, c.All())
+		c.Start(ctx, t, c.All(), args)
+		waitForFullReplication(t, c.Conn(ctx, 1))
 
 		gossipNetwork := func(node int) string {
 			const query = `
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ SELECT string_agg(source_id::TEXT || ':' || target_id::TEXT, ',')
 				if i == deadNode {
 					continue
 				}
+				c.l.Printf("%d: checking gossip\n", i)
 				s := gossipNetwork(i)
 				if !initialized {
 					deadNodeStr := fmt.Sprint(deadNode)
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ SELECT string_agg(source_id::TEXT || ':' || target_id::TEXT, ',')
 					return false
 				}
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("gossip ok: %s (%0.0fs)\n", expected, timeutil.Since(start).Seconds())
+			c.l.Printf("gossip ok: %s (%0.0fs)\n", expected, timeutil.Since(start).Seconds())
 			return true
 		}
 
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ SELECT string_agg(source_id::TEXT || ':' || target_id::TEXT, ',')
 			deadNode = nodes.randNode()[0]
 			c.Stop(ctx, c.Node(deadNode))
 			waitForGossip()
-			c.Start(ctx, t, c.Node(deadNode))
+			c.Start(ctx, t, c.Node(deadNode), args)
 		}
 	}