diff --git a/playbooks/post_functional_job.yaml b/playbooks/post_functional_job.yaml
index 7f0cb198245..1e81a1b0616 100644
--- a/playbooks/post_functional_job.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/post_functional_job.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
+    - prepare_functional_tests_logs
     - fetch-tox-output
     - fetch-subunit-output
diff --git a/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/README.rst b/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db19658a624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Prepare archive with the tests' logs
+
+**Role Variables**
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: logs_path
+   :default: /opt/stack/logs/dsvm-functional-logs
+
+   Path where logs from the tests are stored on job's node.
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: log_archive_file_name
+   :default: /opt/stack/logs/dsvm-functional-logs.tar.gz
+
+   Name of archive with the logs.
+
diff --git a/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea72b3f1997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+logs_path: "/opt/stack/logs/dsvm-functional-logs"
+log_archive_file_name: "/opt/stack/logs/dsvm-functional-logs.tar.gz"
diff --git a/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f65d87402a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/prepare_functional_tests_logs/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- name: Prepare logs archive {{ log_archive_file_name }}
+  become: yes
+  shell:
+    cmd: |
+      /usr/bin/tar -czf {{ log_archive_file_name }} {{ logs_path }}
+
+- name: Set {{ log_archive_file_name }} ownership
+  become: yes
+  file:
+    path: "{{ log_archive_file_name }}"
+    owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
+    mode: 0775
diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index 8bbab623795..e415f24c930 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
       tox_envlist: dsvm-functional-gate
       tox_constraints_file: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}/src/opendev.org/openstack/requirements/upper-constraints.txt'
       zuul_copy_output:
-        # We need to copy directory with logs to have it in job artifacts also,
+        # We need to copy archive with logs to have it in job artifacts also,
         # /opt/stack/logs is default logs directory defined in neutron's
         # tox.ini file
-        '{{ devstack_base_dir }}/logs/dsvm-functional-logs': logs
+        '/opt/stack/logs/dsvm-functional-logs.tar.gz': logs
 
 - job:
     name: neutron-fullstack
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@
       tox_envlist: dsvm-fullstack-gate
       Q_BUILD_OVS_FROM_GIT: False
       INSTALL_OVN: False
+      logs_path: '/opt/stack/logs/dsvm-fullstack-logs'
+      log_archive_file_name: '/opt/stack/logs/dsvm-fullstack-logs.tar.gz'
       zuul_copy_output:
-        # We need to copy directory with logs to have it in job artifacts also,
+        # We need to copy archive with logs to have it in job artifacts also,
         # /opt/stack/logs is default logs directory defined in neutron's
         # tox.ini file
-        '{{ devstack_base_dir }}/logs/dsvm-fullstack-logs': logs
+        '/opt/stack/logs/dsvm-fullstack-logs.tar.gz': logs
     irrelevant-files:
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$