diff --git a/.github/actions/run_awx_devel/action.yml b/.github/actions/run_awx_devel/action.yml
index b7d11cf17d21..863a83987675 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run_awx_devel/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run_awx_devel/action.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ outputs:
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
+    - name: Disable apparmor for rsyslogd, first step
+      shell: bash
+      run: sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.rsyslogd /etc/apparmor.d/disable/
+
+    - name: Disable apparmor for rsyslogd, second step
+      shell: bash
+      run: sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.rsyslogd
+
     - name: Build awx_devel image for running checks
       uses: ./.github/actions/awx_devel_image
       with:
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/live/tests/test_devel_image.py b/awx/main/tests/live/tests/test_devel_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a77039247cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/tests/live/tests/test_devel_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+
+RSYSLOG_CONFIG = '/var/lib/awx/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf'
+
+
+def test_rsyslog_config_readable():
+    with open(RSYSLOG_CONFIG, 'r') as f:
+        content = f.read()
+        assert '/var/lib/awx/rsyslog' in content
+    assert oct(os.stat(RSYSLOG_CONFIG).st_mode) == '0o100640'