diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy-2MB.conf b/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy-2MB.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb84c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy-2MB.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This file overrides a default for journald
+#
+# - Set a maximum size for journald in filesystem
+#
+# See journald.conf(5) for details
+
+[Journal]
+SystemMaxUse=2.5M
diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf b/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb746a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This file overrides a default for journald
+#
+# - Default journald to write to persistent storage
+#
+# See journald.conf(5) for details
+
+[Journal]
+Storage=persistent
diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index b11a83b..73edd81 100644
--- a/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 
 SRC_URI:append = " \
+    file://journald-size-policy-2MB.conf \
+    file://journald-storage-policy.conf \
     file://systemd-networkd-only-wait-for-one.conf \
 "
 
 do_install:append() {
+
+    install -m 644 -D \
+        ${WORKDIR}/journald-size-policy-2MB.conf \
+        ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-size-policy-2MB.conf
+
+    install -m 644 -D \
+        ${WORKDIR}/journald-storage-policy.conf \
+        ${D}/${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf
+
     install -m 644 -D \
         ${WORKDIR}/systemd-networkd-only-wait-for-one.conf \
         ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.d/systemd-networkd-only-wait-for-one.conf
+
 }