diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
index c30409f2bb..6f828cd816 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 debug = {{ nova_logging_debug }}
 
-log_dir = /var/log/kolla/nova
 {% if service_name == "nova-super-conductor" %}
 log_file = /var/log/kolla/nova/nova-super-conductor.log
+{% elif service_name == "nova-api"  %}
+log_file = /var/log/kolla/nova/nova-api.log
+{% else %}
+log_dir = /var/log/kolla/nova
 {% endif %}
 
 state_path = /var/lib/nova
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bugfix-nova-api-log-file-name-9a377525e73012de.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bugfix-nova-api-log-file-name-9a377525e73012de.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f29da24c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bugfix-nova-api-log-file-name-9a377525e73012de.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes an issue where the Nova API logs were written to
+    files ending with `-wsgi.log` which affected the processing of
+    these logs in the Fluentd pipeline.
+    `LP#1950185 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla-ansible/+bug/1950185>`__