diff --git a/recipes-extended/rsyslog/files/rsyslog-override.conf b/recipes-extended/rsyslog/files/rsyslog-override.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5084b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-extended/rsyslog/files/rsyslog-override.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[Unit]
+# This service is restarted when an rsyslog property is set, so
+# disable rate limiting to allow it to always be restarted.
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
diff --git a/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog-policy.bb b/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog-policy.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c9a61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog-policy.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+SUMMARY = "Policy configuration for rsyslog"
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+
+DEPENDS += "rsyslog"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${systemd_system_unitdir}/rsyslog.service.d/rsyslog-override.conf"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://rsyslog-override.conf"
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/rsyslog.service.d
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/rsyslog-override.conf \
+        ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/rsyslog.service.d/rsyslog-override.conf
+}
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb b/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
index 1a178a9..387c479 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-logging = " \
         phosphor-logging \
         rsyslog \
+        rsyslog-policy \
         phosphor-rsyslog-config \
         "