diff --git a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-api.json.j2
index 2a57a51af5..83b37763f7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-api.json.j2
@@ -7,5 +7,12 @@
             "owner": "cloudkitty",
             "perm": "0600"
         }
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/cloudkitty",
+            "owner": "cloudkitty:cloudkitty",
+            "recurse": true
+        }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-processor.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-processor.json.j2
index 3dd845c33b..8b8d95e076 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-processor.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/templates/cloudkitty-processor.json.j2
@@ -7,5 +7,12 @@
             "owner": "cloudkitty",
             "perm": "0600"
         }
+    ],
+    "permissions": [
+        {
+            "path": "/var/log/kolla/cloudkitty",
+            "owner": "cloudkitty:cloudkitty",
+            "recurse": true
+        }
     ]
 }