diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 676567d208..204d6a4099 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 - name: enable journald persistence
   file: path=/var/log/journal state=directory
         owner=root group=root mode=0600
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 7
   tags:
   - journald
   - config