diff --git a/board/aarch64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf b/board/aarch64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
index fddcd199..75fb8fad 100644
--- a/board/aarch64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
+++ b/board/aarch64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ mountprefix=/var/lib/rauc/mnt
 bundle-formats=-plain
 max-bundle-download-size=1073741824
 
+[log.event-log]
+filename=/var/log/upgrade-json.log
+format=json-pretty
+max-size=1M
+max-files=5
+
 [keyring]
 directory=/etc/rauc/keys
 
diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/etc/finit.d/available/rauc.conf b/board/common/rootfs/etc/finit.d/available/rauc.conf
index 9a87c408..f6489063 100644
--- a/board/common/rootfs/etc/finit.d/available/rauc.conf
+++ b/board/common/rootfs/etc/finit.d/available/rauc.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=nocolor
 service [2345] <service/dbus/running> \
-	env:-/etc/default/rauc log:prio:user.notice \
+	env:-/etc/default/rauc  \
 	rauc service $RAUC_ARGS -- Software update service
 
diff --git a/board/riscv64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf b/board/riscv64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
index 681d96c4..85387aa7 100644
--- a/board/riscv64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
+++ b/board/riscv64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ mountprefix=/var/lib/rauc/mnt
 bundle-formats=-plain
 max-bundle-download-size=1073741824
 
+[log.event-log]
+filename=/var/log/upgrade-json.log
+format=json-pretty
+max-size=1M
+max-files=5
+
 [keyring]
 directory=/etc/rauc/keys
 
diff --git a/board/x86_64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf b/board/x86_64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
index e47a49a5..eff130b8 100644
--- a/board/x86_64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
+++ b/board/x86_64/rootfs/etc/rauc/system.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ mountprefix=/var/lib/rauc/mnt
 bundle-formats=-plain
 max-bundle-download-size=1073741824
 
+[log.event-log]
+filename=/var/log/upgrade-json.log
+format=json-pretty
+max-size=1M
+max-files=5
+
 [keyring]
 directory=/etc/rauc/keys