diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 6c8733c4..40e04ba2 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ glance_pip_packages:
   - python-keystoneclient
   - python-memcached
   - python-swiftclient
+  - systemd-python
   - uwsgi
   - warlock
 
diff --git a/tasks/glance_install.yml b/tasks/glance_install.yml
index 2a738e27..c382ae49 100644
--- a/tasks/glance_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/glance_install.yml
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@
     - path: "{{ glance_system_user_home }}/scrubber"
     - path: "{{ glance_system_user_home }}/images"
       mode: "0755"
-    - path: "/var/log/glance"
-      mode: "0755"
 
 - name: Install distro packages
   package:
diff --git a/templates/glance-api.conf.j2 b/templates/glance-api.conf.j2
index 283d1887..083cc4ec 100644
--- a/templates/glance-api.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/glance-api.conf.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Disable stderr logging
 use_stderr = False
 debug = {{ debug }}
-log_file = /var/log/glance/glance-api.log
+use_journal = True
 fatal_deprecations = {{ glance_fatal_deprecations }}
 bind_host = {{ glance_api_bind_address }}
 bind_port = {{ glance_api_service_port }}
diff --git a/templates/glance-cache.conf.j2 b/templates/glance-cache.conf.j2
index 48bdf4bb..8f182694 100644
--- a/templates/glance-cache.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/glance-cache.conf.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Disable stderr logging
 use_stderr = False
 debug = {{ debug }}
+use_journal = True
 admin_password = {{ glance_service_password }}
 admin_user = {{ glance_service_user_name }}
 admin_tenant_name = {{ glance_service_project_name }}
diff --git a/templates/glance-manage.conf.j2 b/templates/glance-manage.conf.j2
index 8876cdb4..5d55fadf 100644
--- a/templates/glance-manage.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/glance-manage.conf.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Disable stderr logging
 use_stderr = False
 debug = {{ debug }}
-log_file = /var/log/glance/glance-manage.log
+use_journal = True
 fatal_deprecations = {{ glance_fatal_deprecations }}
 
 [database]
diff --git a/templates/glance-registry.conf.j2 b/templates/glance-registry.conf.j2
index 33887fc1..12a3dd7e 100644
--- a/templates/glance-registry.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/glance-registry.conf.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use_stderr = False
 debug = {{ debug }}
 fatal_deprecations = {{ glance_fatal_deprecations }}
-log_file = /var/log/glance/glance-registry.log
+use_journal = True
 bind_host = {{ glance_registry_bind_address }}
 bind_port = {{ glance_registry_service_port }}
 http_keepalive = {{ glance_http_keepalive }}
diff --git a/templates/glance-scrubber.conf.j2 b/templates/glance-scrubber.conf.j2
index e3a5b7eb..0970ea6a 100644
--- a/templates/glance-scrubber.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/glance-scrubber.conf.j2
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
 # Disable stderr logging
 use_stderr = False
 debug = {{ debug }}
-# Log to this file. Make sure you do not set the same log file for both the API
-# and registry servers!
-#
-# If `log_file` is omitted then log messages are
-# sent to stdout as a fallback.
-log_file = /var/log/glance/scrubber.log
+use_journal = True
 
 # Should we run our own loop or rely on cron/scheduler to run us
 daemon = False
diff --git a/templates/glance-uwsgi.ini.j2 b/templates/glance-uwsgi.ini.j2
index 70367c73..94eb3506 100644
--- a/templates/glance-uwsgi.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/glance-uwsgi.ini.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ lazy-apps = true
 add-header = Connection: close
 buffer-size = {{ glance_wsgi_buffer_size }}
 thunder-lock = true
-logfile-chmod = 644
+disable-logging = true
 http-auto-chunked = true
 http-raw-body = true
 socket-timeout = 10
diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
index 58b63df2..b8816632 100644
--- a/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ glance_distro_packages:
 
 glance_devel_distro_packages:
   - libxml2-dev
+  - libsystemd-dev
 
 glance_service_distro_packages:
   - python3-glance
+  - python3-systemd
   - uwsgi
   - uwsgi-plugin-python3
 
diff --git a/vars/redhat.yml b/vars/redhat.yml
index a12a27ee..b86a2b9c 100644
--- a/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ glance_distro_packages:
 
 glance_devel_distro_packages:
   - libxml2-devel
+  - systemd-devel
 
 glance_service_distro_packages:
   - openstack-glance
+  - systemd-python
   - uwsgi
   - uwsgi-plugin-python
 
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 9b515184..3f1f891e 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ glance_distro_packages:
 
 glance_devel_distro_packages:
   - libxml2-devel
+  - systemd-devel
 
 glance_service_distro_packages:
   - openstack-glance
   - openstack-glance-api
+  - python-systemd
   - uwsgi
   - uwsgi-python