diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/module-setup.sh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/module-setup.sh
index 386a3a40b..ba8ed94cf 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/module-setup.sh
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/module-setup.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ install() {
     local _installs
     if type -P rsyslogd >/dev/null; then
         _installs="rsyslogd"
-        inst_libdir_file rsyslog/lmnet.so rsyslog/imklog.so rsyslog/imuxsock.so
+        inst_libdir_file rsyslog/lmnet.so rsyslog/imklog.so rsyslog/imuxsock.so rsyslog/imjournal.so
     elif type -P syslogd >/dev/null; then
         _installs="syslogd"
     elif type -P syslog-ng >/dev/null; then
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh
index 9589af436..b0a3e6a94 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/patch/syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ rsyslog_config() {
 #        echo "${filter} @${server}"
 #    done
 
-    
+    # In dracut 33, default rsyslogd configuration does not use journald. Then when
+    # rsyslog in debug mode, it causes `/dev/log` is not available after switch_root (#4929)
+    echo "\$ModLoad imjournal"
+    echo "\$OmitLocalLogging on"
+    echo "\$IMJournalStateFile imjournal.state"
+
     if [ -n "$filters" ];then
         confline="${filters}";
     else