diff --git a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
index 66fbcd37322f..8692b305e21e 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ daily_clean_tmps_dirs="/tmp"				# Delete under here
 daily_clean_tmps_days="3"				# If not accessed for
 daily_clean_tmps_ignore=".X*-lock .X11-unix .ICE-unix .font-unix .XIM-unix"
 daily_clean_tmps_ignore="$daily_clean_tmps_ignore quota.user quota.group .snap"
+daily_clean_tmps_ignore="$daily_clean_tmps_ignore .sujournal"
 							# Don't delete these
 daily_clean_tmps_verbose="YES"				# Mention files deleted