diff --git a/sos/report/plugins/__init__.py b/sos/report/plugins/__init__.py
index 46ca80306e..925939d8f9 100644
--- a/sos/report/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/sos/report/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -3088,8 +3088,15 @@ def add_journal(self, units=None, boot=None, since=None, until=None,
         if output:
             journal_cmd += output_opt % output
 
+        fname = journal_cmd
+        tac = False
+        if log_size > 0:
+            journal_cmd = f"{journal_cmd} --reverse"
+            tac = True
+
         self._log_debug(f"collecting journal: {journal_cmd}")
         self._add_cmd_output(cmd=journal_cmd, timeout=timeout,
+                             tac=tac, to_file=True, suggest_filename=fname,
                              sizelimit=log_size, pred=pred, tags=tags,
                              priority=priority)
 
diff --git a/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/defaults.py b/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/defaults.py
index 4d790114d1..26efdf7f3b 100644
--- a/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/defaults.py
+++ b/tests/report_tests/plugin_tests/defaults.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def test_journal_collected(self):
         _m = self.get_plugin_manifest('cups')
         ent = None
         for cmd in _m['commands']:
-            if cmd['exec'] == 'journalctl --no-pager  --unit cups':
+            if cmd['exec'] == 'journalctl --no-pager  --unit cups --reverse':
                 ent = cmd
         assert ent, "No manifest entry for journalctl cups"