diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/systemd/journald.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/systemd/journald.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42496c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/systemd/journald.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Journal]
+Storage=persistent
+Compress=yes