diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index 0b117d7929..8e84d0549e 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -183,9 +183,11 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
 
   # tune journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*Compress=.*$,Compress=no,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
-  sed -e "s,^.*SplitMode=.*$,SplitMode=none,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
+  sed -e "s,^.*MaxFileSec=.*$,MaxFileSec=0,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
+  sed -e "s,^.*MaxRetentionSec=.*$,MaxRetentionSec=0,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*RuntimeMaxUse=.*$,RuntimeMaxUse=2M,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*RuntimeMaxFileSize=.*$,RuntimeMaxFileSize=128K,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
+  sed -e "s,^.*SplitMode=.*$,SplitMode=none,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*SystemMaxUse=.*$,SystemMaxUse=10M,g" -i ${INSTALL}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
 
   # tune logind.conf