diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml
index 8e9016214..abe664586 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,24 @@
   become: true
   register: vbmcd_service_file
 
+- name: create Virtual BMC configuration directory
+  file:
+    path: /etc/virtualbmc
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+  become: true
+
+- name: write Virtual BMC configuration file
+  template:
+    src: virtualbmc.conf
+    dest: /etc/virtualbmc/virtualbmc.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  become: true
+
 - name: ensure Virtual BMC systemd service is started and enabled
   systemd:
     name: vbmcd
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/templates/virtualbmc.conf b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/templates/virtualbmc.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf99bde76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/templates/virtualbmc.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[log]
+debug = True