diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
index a3332f585f..e6c12aafc8 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
   tags:
   - koji_builder
 
+- name: enable virtlogd service
+  service: name=virtlogd state=started enabled=yes
+  tags:
+  - koji_builder
+
 - name: build /etc/kojid/kojid.conf from group vars
   template: src=kojid.conf dest=/etc/kojid/kojid.conf
   notify: