diff --git a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
index 0da3754b78..7784bdcad7 100644
--- a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive off
 $UDPServerRun 514
 $InputTCPMaxSessions 2000
 $InputTCPServerRun 514
-$InputTCPServerRun 5000	
+$InputTCPServerRun 5000
 $IMUXSockRateLimitInterval 0
 $SystemLogRateLimitInterval 0
 $WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog
@@ -213,3 +213,10 @@ local4.*					?m_http_apps;MergeFormat
 # this is only for the merged logs from auditd
 :msg, !contains, "type=AVC" ~
 local6.*					?m_audit;MergeFormat
+
+# forward to splunk host, over tls
+*.* @splunk-syslog.corp.redhat.com:514
+$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls # use gtls netstream driver
+$ActionSendStreamDriverMode 1 # require TLS for the connection
+$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode anon # server is NOT authenticated
+$DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile {{private}}/files/splunk-certs/2022-IT-Root-CA.pem
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 418a296ee2..602a1a5c5d 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -230,6 +230,16 @@
   notify:
   - flush journald tmpfiles to persistent store
 
+- name: ensure packages required for rsyslog are installed
+  package: name={{ item }} state=present
+  with_items:
+  - rsyslog-gnutls
+  tags:
+  - rsyslogd
+  - config
+  - base
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('log01')
+
 - name: rsyslog.conf
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/rsyslog.conf mode=0644
   with_first_found:
@@ -464,7 +474,7 @@
 # rhel8 hosts do not have /usr/bin/python, but there are a few things we call
 # with that because they also run the same on python2 hosts.
 # So, we set python3 to /usr/bin/python on those hosts:
-- name : ensure that platform-python is installed on EL8 boxes
+- name: ensure that platform-python is installed on EL8 boxes
   package: name={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
   - platform-python