diff --git a/policy/modules/roles/sysadm.te b/policy/modules/roles/sysadm.te
index 7f8ea1d08..651c19cf2 100644
--- a/policy/modules/roles/sysadm.te
+++ b/policy/modules/roles/sysadm.te
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ ifdef(`init_systemd',`
 	# Allow sysadm to query and set networking settings on the system.
 	systemd_dbus_chat_networkd(sysadm_t)
 	fs_read_nsfs_files(sysadm_t)
+
+	# Allow sysadm to follow logs in the journal, i.e. with podman logs -f
+	systemd_watch_journal_dirs(sysadm_t)
 ')
 
 tunable_policy(`allow_ptrace',`