diff --git a/scripts/fast-reboot b/scripts/fast-reboot
index 5e7cc34bc9..2fb744f404 100755
--- a/scripts/fast-reboot
+++ b/scripts/fast-reboot
@@ -806,6 +806,17 @@ fi
 
 # Reboot: explicitly call Linux native reboot under sbin
 debug "Rebooting with ${REBOOT_METHOD} to ${NEXT_SONIC_IMAGE} ..."
+
+LOGS_ON_TMPFS=0
+df --output=fstype /var/log* | grep -c 'tmpfs' || LOGS_ON_TMPFS=$?
+if [[ LOGS_ON_TMPFS -eq 0 ]]; then
+    debug "Backup shutdown logs to /host/logs_before_reboot"
+    mkdir -p /host/logs_before_reboot || /bin/true
+    # maxdepth 2: find files within 2 nested directories (eg. /var/log/ and /var/log/swss/)
+    # mmin 30: find files written in past 30 minutes
+    find /var/log -maxdepth 2 -mmin -30 -type f | xargs -I {} cp {} /host/logs_before_reboot/ || /bin/true
+fi
+
 exec ${REBOOT_METHOD}
 
 # Should never reach here