diff --git a/test/TEST-24-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh b/test/TEST-24-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh
index a9c3e05d006..cfb746a4dbe 100755
--- a/test/TEST-24-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-24-CRYPTSETUP/test.sh
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ test_create_image() {
 /dev/mapper/$DM_NAME    /var    ext4    defaults 0 1
 EOF
 
-    # Forward journal messages to the console, so we have something
-    # to investigate even if we fail to mount the encrypted /var
-    echo ForwardToConsole=yes >>"$initdir/etc/systemd/journald.conf"
+    # Forward journal messages to the console, so we have something to investigate even if we fail to mount
+    # the encrypted /var
+    mkdir "$initdir/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/"
+    echo -ne "[Journal]\nForwardToConsole=yes\n" >"$initdir/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/99-forward.conf"
 
     # If $INITRD wasn't provided explicitly, generate a custom one with dm-crypt
     # support