diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index 8cff68c7..d6e66c4a 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 12 08:02:52 UTC 2023 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Explicitely provide 'group(systemd-journal)' from the main package (bsc#1217852)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 12 07:43:35 UTC 2023 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 79fc97c9..8f7abf82 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ Requires(post): pam-config >= 0.79-5
 Recommends:     libpcre2-8-0
 Recommends:     libbpf0
 %endif
+Provides:       group(systemd-journal)
 Conflicts:      filesystem < 11.5
 Conflicts:      mkinitrd < 2.7.0
 Provides:       sbin_init