diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.json.j2
index 324d4efb8e..74ed2e928e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.json.j2
@@ -13,5 +13,12 @@
             "owner": "telegraf",
             "perm": "0600"
         }
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/telegraf",
+            "owner": "telegraf:telegraf",
+            "recurse": true
+        }
     ]
 }