diff --git a/playbooks/infra-journal-remote.yml b/playbooks/infra-journal-remote.yml
index 19bbb352f0..50ad0aba6a 100644
--- a/playbooks/infra-journal-remote.yml
+++ b/playbooks/infra-journal-remote.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
       when:
         - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'zypper'
 
+    - name: Skip playbook if log_hosts group is empty
+      meta: end_play
+      when:
+        - groups['log_hosts'] | length == 0
+
     - name: Install systemd-journal-remote
       package:
         name: "{{ systemd_journal_remote_distro_package[ansible_pkg_mgr] }}"