diff --git a/ansible/roles/sf-base/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/sf-base/defaults/main.yml
index ae3d74fae..eed3ba574 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/sf-base/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/sf-base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ base_sysctl:
   user.max_user_namespaces: 31089
   kernel.sysrq: 0
   vm.swappiness: 10
+
+# set 1000MB in bytes
+log_size_max: 1048576000
diff --git a/ansible/roles/sf-base/tasks/setup.yml b/ansible/roles/sf-base/tasks/setup.yml
index 61170462c..36eac635c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/sf-base/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/sf-base/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -146,3 +146,11 @@
 - name: Trust crt
   shell: update-ca-trust
   when: new_crt is changed
+
+- name: Set max log limit in libpod configuration file
+  become: true
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/containers/libpod.conf
+    regexp: "^max_log_size"
+    line: "max_log_size={{ log_size_max }}"
+    create: true