diff --git a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/tasks/main.yml b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/tasks/main.yml
index ec3e3d71..e991930f 100644
--- a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/tasks/main.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@
   notify:
     - Enable and restart journalbeat
 
+- name: Gather list of OS container journals
+  find:
+    path: "/var/log/journal/"
+    file_type: directory
+  register: journal_log_dirs
+
+- name: Set container journal paths
+  set_fact:
+    journal_paths: "{{ journal_log_dirs.files | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
+
 - name: Drop journalbeat configs
   template:
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
diff --git a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2 b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2
index 6c7b0d5e..7776a49c 100644
--- a/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2
+++ b/elk_metrics_7x/roles/elastic_journalbeat/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ journalbeat.inputs:
   # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Possible values files and directories.
   # When setting a directory, all journals under it are merged.
   # When empty starts to read from local journal.
-- paths: ["/var/log/journal"]
+- paths: {{ journal_paths | to_json }}
 
   # The number of seconds to wait before trying to read again from journals.
   backoff: 10s