diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf b/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf
index c3a2d6727d..dec1f8576e 100644
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ $IncludeConfig /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d/*.conf
 $ModLoad imuxsock
 input(type="imuxsock" Socket="/var/run/rsyslog/rsyslog.sock" unlink="on")
 template(name="awx" type="string" string="%msg%")
+action(type="omfile" file="/dev/null")
diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/tasks/main.yml b/installer/roles/image_build/tasks/main.yml
index 51e9b239ab..be2a66f11d 100644
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/tasks/main.yml
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@
     mode: '0700'
   delegate_to: localhost
 
+- name: Stage rsyslog.conf
+  copy:
+    src: rsyslog.conf
+    dest: "{{ docker_base_path }}/rsyslog.conf"
+    mode: '0700'
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
 - name: Stage supervisor.conf
   copy:
     src: supervisor.conf
diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2 b/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2
index 50ec4686e1..487cb4edbe 100644
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ RUN cd /usr/local/bin && \
     curl -L https://github.com/openshift/origin/releases/download/v3.11.0/openshift-origin-client-tools-v3.11.0-0cbc58b-linux-64bit.tar.gz | \
     tar -xz --strip-components=1 --wildcards --no-anchored 'oc'
 
-ADD rsyslog.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
+ADD rsyslog.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog.repo
 RUN yum install -y rsyslog-omhttp
 
 # Pre-create things that we need to write to
@@ -115,10 +115,9 @@ RUN find /var/lib/awx -not -path '/var/lib/awx/venv*' | xargs chgrp root && \
     chmod +rx /usr/bin/config-watcher && \
     chmod u+s /usr/bin/bwrap # https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/5224
 
-# Create default awx rsyslog.conf
+# Create default awx rsyslog config
 ADD rsyslog.conf /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
 
-
 RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log && \
     ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log
 
diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/rsyslog.yml.j2 b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/rsyslog.yml.j2
index 4a3bbea968..3a047b4c1f 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/rsyslog.yml.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/rsyslog.yml.j2
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ metadata:
 data:
   rsyslog-config: |
     $WorkDirectory /var/lib/awx/rsyslog
-    
+    $MaxMessageSize 700000
+    $IncludeConfig /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d/*.conf
+    $ModLoad imuxsock
+    input(type="imuxsock" Socket="/var/run/rsyslog/rsyslog.sock" unlink="on")
+    template(name="awx" type="string" string="%msg%")
+    action(type="omfile" file="/dev/null")
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf b/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf
index c3a2d6727d..dec1f8576e 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ $IncludeConfig /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d/*.conf
 $ModLoad imuxsock
 input(type="imuxsock" Socket="/var/run/rsyslog/rsyslog.sock" unlink="on")
 template(name="awx" type="string" string="%msg%")
+action(type="omfile" file="/dev/null")