diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2
index 12a25fc5c2..5dccb78b97 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2
@@ -7,5 +7,17 @@
             "owner": "mongodb",
             "perm": "0644"
         }
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/lib/kolla/mongodb",
+            "owner": "mongodb:mongodb",
+            "recurse": true
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/mongodb",
+            "owner": "mongodb:mongodb",
+            "recurse": true
+        }
     ]
 }