diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend
index df1524c..f81c9d7 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 SRC_URI:append:gbmc = " \
   file://rsyslog.conf \
 "
+
+PACKAGECONFIG:append:gbmc = " imjournal"