diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb
index 238ee6707b..ff29a3fecf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ do_install() {
 		sed -i s%@UDEVD@%${rootlibexecdir}/systemd/systemd-udevd% ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/systemd-udevd
 	fi
 
+	chown root:systemd-journal ${D}/${localstatedir}/log/journal
+
         # Delete journal README, as log can be symlinked inside volatile.
         rm -f ${D}/${localstatedir}/log/README