diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index 3c7de0f393..8c4608d67e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
     restart_policy: "never"
     volumes:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/mongodb/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
+      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
       - "mongodb:/var/lib/mongodb/"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/start.yml b/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/start.yml
index 3c5fd3ff31..c5593f92cf 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongodb/tasks/start.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
     privileged: True
     volumes:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/mongodb/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
+      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
       - "mongodb:/var/lib/mongodb"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.conf.j2
index 0fbc4f494c..d3863e935e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.conf.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 dbpath = /var/lib/mongodb
 
 # where to log
-logpath = /var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log
+logpath = /var/log/kolla/mongodb/mongodb.log
 
 logappend = true
 
diff --git a/docker/mongodb/extend_start.sh b/docker/mongodb/extend_start.sh
index f00369ff00..8d8933f903 100644
--- a/docker/mongodb/extend_start.sh
+++ b/docker/mongodb/extend_start.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 echo "run extended start"
 
+if [[ ! -d "/var/log/kolla/mongodb" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p /var/log/kolla/mongodb
+fi
+
+if [[ $(stat -c %a /var/log/kolla/mongodb) != "755" ]]; then
+    chmod 755 /var/log/kolla/mongodb
+fi
+
 # Bootstrap and exit if KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP variable is set. This catches all cases
 # of the KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP variable being set, including empty.
 if [[ "${!KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP[@]}" ]]; then