diff --git a/awx/main/conf.py b/awx/main/conf.py
index ce6b33217c52..b9fb5706bc2e 100644
--- a/awx/main/conf.py
+++ b/awx/main/conf.py
@@ -787,6 +787,29 @@ def _load_default_license_from_file():
     category=_('Logging'),
     category_slug='logging',
 )
+register(
+    'LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_GB',
+    field_class=fields.IntegerField,
+    default=1,
+    min_value=1,
+    label=_('Maximum disk persistance for external log aggregation (in GB)'),
+    help_text=_('Amount of data to store (in gigabytes) during an outage of '
+                'the external log aggregator (defaults to 1). '
+                'Equivalent to the rsyslogd queue.maxdiskspace setting.'),
+    category=_('Logging'),
+    category_slug='logging',
+)
+register(
+    'LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_PATH',
+    field_class=fields.CharField,
+    default='/var/lib/awx',
+    label=_('File system location for rsyslogd disk persistence'),
+    help_text=_('Location to persist logs that should be retried after an outage '
+                'of the external log aggregator (defaults to /var/lib/awx). '
+                'Equivalent to the rsyslogd queue.spoolDirectory setting.'),
+    category=_('Logging'),
+    category_slug='logging',
+)
 
 
 register(
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py b/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
index 32b67542a867..9b2e7f9fdf0a 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 import urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -13,12 +15,18 @@ def construct_rsyslog_conf_template(settings=settings):
     port = getattr(settings, 'LOG_AGGREGATOR_PORT', '')
     protocol = getattr(settings, 'LOG_AGGREGATOR_PROTOCOL', '')
     timeout = getattr(settings, 'LOG_AGGREGATOR_TCP_TIMEOUT', 5)
+    max_disk_space = getattr(settings, 'LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_GB', 1)
+    spool_directory = getattr(settings, 'LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_PATH', '/var/lib/awx').rstrip('/')
+
+    if not os.access(spool_directory, os.W_OK):
+        spool_directory = '/var/lib/awx'
+
     max_bytes = settings.MAX_EVENT_RES_DATA
     parts.extend([
         '$WorkDirectory /var/lib/awx/rsyslog',
         f'$MaxMessageSize {max_bytes}',
         '$IncludeConfig /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d/*.conf',
-        'main_queue(queue.spoolDirectory="/var/lib/awx" queue.maxdiskspace="1g" queue.type="Disk" queue.filename="awx-external-logger-backlog")',
+        f'main_queue(queue.spoolDirectory="{spool_directory}" queue.maxdiskspace="{max_disk_space}g" queue.type="Disk" queue.filename="awx-external-logger-backlog")',  # noqa
         'module(load="imuxsock" SysSock.Use="off")',
         'input(type="imuxsock" Socket="' + settings.LOGGING['handlers']['external_logger']['address'] + '" unlink="on")',
         'template(name="awx" type="string" string="%rawmsg-after-pri%")',
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 9fb1e7e6f65d..7280866d6d6c 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -936,6 +936,8 @@ def IS_TESTING(argv=None):
 LOG_AGGREGATOR_TCP_TIMEOUT = 5
 LOG_AGGREGATOR_VERIFY_CERT = True
 LOG_AGGREGATOR_LEVEL = 'INFO'
+LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_GB = 1
+LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_PATH = '/var/lib/awx'
 
 # The number of retry attempts for websocket session establishment
 # If you're encountering issues establishing websockets in clustered Tower,