diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy.conf b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy.conf
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/journald-size-policy.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This file overrides a default for journald
+#
+# - Set a maximum size of 3MB for journald in filesystem
+#
+# See journald.conf(5) for details
+
+[Journal]
+SystemMaxUse=3M
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/journald-storage-policy.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb746a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/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-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/systemd-journald-override.conf b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/systemd-journald-override.conf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd/systemd-journald-override.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Unit]
+Wants=local-fs.target
+After=local-fs.target
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
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+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_append := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+SRC_URI += "file://journald-storage-policy.conf"
+SRC_URI += "file://systemd-journald-override.conf"
+SRC_URI += "file://journald-size-policy.conf"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/systemd/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf"
+FILES_${PN} += "${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-journald.service.d/systemd-journald-override.conf"
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/systemd/journald.conf.d/journald-size-policy.conf"
+
+do_install_append() {
+        install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/journald-storage-policy.conf ${D}${libdir}/systemd/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf
+        install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/systemd-journald-override.conf ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-journald.service.d/systemd-journald-override.conf
+        install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/journald-size-policy.conf ${D}${libdir}/systemd/journald.conf.d/journald-size-policy.conf
+}