diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index 053a85c4c5b9..f853a8f6775c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -1040,6 +1040,11 @@ in
       ''
         # This file is created automatically and should not be modified.
         # Please change the option ‘systemd.tmpfiles.rules’ instead.
+
+        z /var/log/journal 2755 root systemd-journal - -
+        z /var/log/journal/%m 2755 root systemd-journal - -
+        z /var/log/journal/%m/* 0640 root systemd-journal - -
+
         ${concatStringsSep "\n" cfg.tmpfiles.rules}
       '';