diff --git a/ansible/roles/rally/templates/rally.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/rally/templates/rally.json.j2
index 3c656054d7..3db0d88109 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/rally/templates/rally.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/rally/templates/rally.json.j2
@@ -7,5 +7,12 @@
             "owner": "rally",
             "perm": "0600"
         }
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/rally",
+            "owner": "rally:rally",
+            "recurse": true
+        }
     ]
 }