diff --git a/meta-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy.conf b/meta-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy.conf
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+++ b/meta-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy.conf
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+# 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-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf b/meta-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/meta-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf
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+# 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-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/meta-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
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+++ b/meta-amd/meta-common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
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+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+
+SRC_URI:append = " \
+    file://journald-size-policy.conf \
+    file://journald-storage-policy.conf \
+"
+
+do_install:append() {
+
+    install -m 644 -D \
+        ${WORKDIR}/journald-size-policy.conf \
+        ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-size-policy.conf
+
+    install -m 644 -D \
+        ${WORKDIR}/journald-storage-policy.conf \
+        ${D}/${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf
+}