2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b11e1606b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/journald-volatile.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# If /var/volatile is a mount point then make sure to mount it before
+# the journal starts. This is because base-files creates a symlink
+# /var/log -> /var/volatile/log. And if the journal starts before the mount
+# happens, the journal will appear empty until restarted.
+[Unit]
+After=var-volatile.mount
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb
index 5f58f409f4..d5eed08f1f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd;branch=master;protocol=
            file://00-create-volatile.conf \
            file://init \
            file://run-ptest \
+           file://journald-volatile.conf \
           "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ do_install() {
         install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/*.rules ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/
 
         install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/00-create-volatile.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/tmpfiles.d/
+        install -D -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/journald-volatile.conf ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/systemd-journald.service.d/journald-volatile.conf
 
         if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','sysvinit','true','false',d)}; then
                 install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d