diff --git a/tests/guests/Makefile.am b/tests/guests/Makefile.am
index d1af37023..e29c2ebf7 100644
--- a/tests/guests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/guests/Makefile.am
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	guest-aux/make-debian-img.sh \
 	guest-aux/debian-packages \
 	guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl \
+	guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz \
 	guest-aux/fedora-name.db.txt \
 	guest-aux/fedora-name.db \
 	guest-aux/fedora-packages.db.txt \
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ blank-%.img:
 
 # Make a (dummy) Fedora image.
 fedora.img: guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl \
+		guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz \
 		guest-aux/fedora-name.db \
 		guest-aux/fedora-packages.db
 	SRCDIR=$(srcdir) LAYOUT=partitions $(top_builddir)/run --test $<
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ fedora.img: guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl \
 fedora-md1.img fedora-md2.img: stamp-fedora-md.img
 
 stamp-fedora-md.img: guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl \
+		guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz \
 		guest-aux/fedora-name.db \
 		guest-aux/fedora-packages.db
 	rm -f $@
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ stamp-fedora-md.img: guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl \
 	touch $@
 
 fedora-btrfs.img: guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl \
+		guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz \
 		guest-aux/fedora-name.db \
 		guest-aux/fedora-packages.db
 	SRCDIR=$(srcdir) LAYOUT=btrfs $(top_builddir)/run --test $<
diff --git a/tests/guests/guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz b/tests/guests/guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f761ccc5
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/guests/guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz differ
diff --git a/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl b/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl
index 7b0e0aded..05f43f462 100755
--- a/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl
+++ b/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-fedora-img.pl
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ $g->mkdir ('/etc');
 $g->mkdir ('/etc/sysconfig');
 $g->mkdir ('/usr');
 $g->mkdir_p ('/var/lib/rpm');
+$g->mkdir_p ('/var/log/journal');
 
 $g->write ('/etc/shadow', "root::15440:0:99999:7:::\n");
 $g->chmod (0, '/etc/shadow');
@@ -223,6 +224,8 @@ $g->upload ('guest-aux/fedora-packages.db', '/var/lib/rpm/Packages');
 
 $g->upload ($ENV{SRCDIR}.'/../data/bin-x86_64-dynamic', '/bin/ls');
 
+$g->txz_in ('guest-aux/fedora-journal.tar.xz', '/var/log/journal');
+
 $g->mkdir ('/boot/grub');
 $g->touch ('/boot/grub/grub.conf');