diff --git a/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.json.j2
index 9410a07d96..3ce5c7f8bf 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.json.j2
@@ -7,5 +7,12 @@
             "owner": "kibana",
             "perm": "0640"
         }
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/kibana",
+            "owner": "kibana:kibana",
+            "recurse": true
+        }
     ]
 }