diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-api/log-api.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-api/log-api.conf.j2
index f76835ab24..8cd5073a8b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-api/log-api.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-api/log-api.conf.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ debug = {{ monasca_logging_debug }}
 
 [service]
 region = {{ openstack_region_name }}
+# Increase the maximum payload size to slightly above the default Fluentd chunk size (8MB)
+max_log_size = 10485760
 
 [kafka_healthcheck]
 kafka_topics = {{ monasca_raw_logs_topic }}