diff --git a/playbooks/nodepool-functional-openstack/templates/nodepool.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/nodepool-functional-openstack/templates/nodepool.yaml.j2
index 5fd95d6a7..f5754e2c2 100644
--- a/playbooks/nodepool-functional-openstack/templates/nodepool.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/nodepool-functional-openstack/templates/nodepool.yaml.j2
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ diskimages:
       - devuser
       - openssh-server
       - nodepool-setup
+      - journal-to-console
     release: '{{ nodepool_diskimage.release }}'
     env-vars:
       TMPDIR: '{{ NODEPOOL_DIB_BASE_PATH }}/tmp'