diff --git a/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2
index 7d9fcbe149375ce1f0c608473fbc4ae73c39c5ca..9d161b0fbe5dad1c4dbe8f2371e2265f6bb1dc96 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/kibana/templates/kibana.yml.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 kibana.defaultAppId: "{{ kibana_default_app_id }}"
+logging.dest: /var/log/kolla/kibana/kibana.log
 server.port: {{ kibana_server_port }}
 server.host: "{% if orchestration_engine == 'KUBERNETES' %}0.0.0.0{% else %}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}{% endif %}"
 elasticsearch.url: "{{ internal_protocol }}://{% if orchestration_engine == 'KUBERNETES' %}elasticsearch{% else %}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}{% endif %}:{{ elasticsearch_port }}"
diff --git a/docker/kibana/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/kibana/Dockerfile.j2
index 9ea010a73f8259725f012f156022a6721974cb3a..a41c86d859f47bb314d3fb95829c6bfb21896f64 100644
--- a/docker/kibana/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/kibana/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 
 {% import "macros.j2" as macros with context %}
 
+COPY extend_start.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
 RUN useradd -r -m --user-group kibana \
-    && usermod -a -G kolla kibana
+    && usermod -a -G kolla kibana \
+    && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
 
 {% set kibana_packages = ['kibana'] %}
 {{ macros.install_packages(kibana_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
diff --git a/docker/kibana/extend_start.sh b/docker/kibana/extend_start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f6143181a6b32b768d2aa751ea1e095f982369c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/kibana/extend_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+KIBANA_LOG_DIR="/var/log/kolla/kibana"
+
+if [[ ! -d "${KIBANA_LOG_DIR}" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "${KIBANA_LOG_DIR}"
+fi
+if [[ $(stat -c %U:%G "${KIBANA_LOG_DIR}") != "kibana:kolla" ]]; then
+    chown kibana:kolla "${KIBANA_LOG_DIR}"
+fi