diff --git a/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml b/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml
index 18bfcafc..57785fb0 100644
--- a/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml
+++ b/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml
@@ -28,3 +28,9 @@
   acl: name={{ item }} entity={{ dnet_group }} etype=group permissions=rx state=present default=yes
   with_items: '{{ dnet_log_directories }}'
   tags: [ 'tomcat', 'dnet', 'users' ]
+
+- name: Recursively set the ACLs to give access and read permissions on the log directories
+  shell: find {{ item }} -type d -exec setfacl -d -m group:{{ dnet_group }}:r-x {} \; ; find {{ item }} -type d -exec setfacl -m group:{{ dnet_group }}:r-x {} \; ; find {{ item }} -type f -exec setfacl -m group:{{ dnet_group }}:r {} \;
+  with_items: '{{ dnet_log_directories }}'
+  tags: [ 'dnet_acls', 'dnet', 'users' ]
+