diff --git a/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml b/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml
index f9c2fd9afb..6f5db71f57 100644
--- a/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ parameters:
     default: 4096
     description: Setting to configure the default pids_limit in /etc/container/container.conf.
                  This is supported starting with podman 2.0.x
+  ContainerDefaultEventsLogger:
+    type: string
+    default: 'journald'
+    description: Setting to configure where podman logs its events. Uses journald by default
+                 as that will rotate data stored in tmpfs.
+    constraints:
+      - allowed_values: ['journald', 'file', 'none']
   SystemdDropInDependencies:
     default: true
     description: tell the container manager (e.g. paunch) to inject
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ outputs:
               container_registry_logins: {}
               container_registry_logins_json: {get_param: ContainerImageRegistryCredentials}
               container_default_pids_limit: {get_param: ContainerDefaultPidsLimit}
+              container_events_logger_mechanism: {get_param: ContainerDefaultEventsLogger}
 
           - name: Convert logins json to dict
             set_fact:
@@ -115,6 +123,7 @@ outputs:
             vars:
               tripleo_container_registry_insecure_registries: "{{ container_registry_insecure_registries }}"
               tripleo_container_default_pids_limit: "{{ container_default_pids_limit }}"
+              tripleo_container_events_logger_mechanism: "{{ container_events_logger_mechanism }}"
 
           - name: Run podman login
             include_role: