diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index ea63dc31ca..6530d01474 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ factory.addStep(ShellCommand(command=["runtask", '-i',
                                         '-j', Interpolate('%(prop:buildername)s/%(prop:buildnumber)s'),
                                         Interpolate('%(prop:taskname)s.yml')],
                              descriptionDone=[Interpolate('%(prop:taskname)s on %(prop:item)s')],
-                             name='runtask'))
+                             name='runtask'),
+                             logfiles={'taskotron.log': '/var/log/taskotron/taskotron.log',
+                                        'follow': True,})
 
 # capture the taskotron log
 factory.addStep(ShellCommand(command=["cat", "/var/log/taskotron/taskotron.log"], name="cat_log",