diff --git a/scripts/chroot.sh b/scripts/chroot.sh
index 4fa57206babe06bce4cf32233a4df1f71fd2dc73..2150b889489085107156ddeef9fb9fc0b3e81704 100755
--- a/scripts/chroot.sh
+++ b/scripts/chroot.sh
@@ -548,10 +548,11 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 
 		cat /etc/group | grep ^i2c || groupadd -r i2c || true
 		cat /etc/group | grep ^netdev || groupadd -r netdev || true
+		cat /etc/group | grep ^systemd-journal || groupadd -r systemd-journal || true
 
 		echo "KERNEL==\"spidev*\", GROUP=\"spi\", MODE=\"0660\"" > /etc/udev/rules.d/50-spi.rules
 
-		default_groups="admin,adm,dialout,i2c,spi,cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,video,netdev,plugdev,users"
+		default_groups="admin,adm,dialout,i2c,spi,cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,video,netdev,plugdev,users,systemd-journal"
 
 		pkg="sudo"
 		dpkg_check