diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml
index e4f54ceb0..7b2d9d6a3 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/defaults.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ elasticfleet:
     - http_endpoint
     - httpjson
     - iis
+    - journald
     - juniper
     - juniper_srx
     - kafka_log