diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_216.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_216.bb
index 3852841029..1eb401988e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_216.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_216.bb
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ 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