diff --git a/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml b/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml
index 1f78d9a043..0661ae8642 100644
--- a/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml
+++ b/common/deploy-steps-tasks-step-0.j2.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   debug:
     msg: Use --start-at-task 'Deploy step tasks for step 0' to resume from this task
   when: "tripleo_minor_update is not defined or tripleo_minor_update != 'true'"
+- name: Ensure /var/log/journal exists
+  file: path=/var/log/journal state=directory mode=0750 owner=root group=root setype=var_log_t
 - name: Create /var/lib/container-puppet
   no_log: True
   file: path=/var/lib/container-puppet state=directory setype=container_file_t selevel=s0 recurse=true