diff --git a/etc/CMakeLists.txt b/etc/CMakeLists.txt
index ff138bd4c..40e181a0a 100644
--- a/etc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/etc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/debuglog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGD
 install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/mainlog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
 if(NOT WIN32)
   install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/syslog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
+  if(HAVE_SYSTEMD)
+    install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/journald.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
+  endif()
 else()
   install_if_not_exists(icinga2/features-available/windowseventlog.conf ${ICINGA2_CONFIGDIR}/features-available)
 endif()
diff --git a/etc/icinga2/features-available/journald.conf b/etc/icinga2/features-available/journald.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0b36f7cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/icinga2/features-available/journald.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * The JournaldLogger type writes log information to the systemd journal.
+ */
+
+object JournaldLogger "journald" {
+    severity = "warning"
+}