diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 92448803..4a6fb10d 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ python-ndg-httpsclient      [platform:ubuntu !platform:ubuntu-trusty]
 python2-pyasn1              [platform:rpm]
 pyOpenSSL                   [platform:rpm]
 python-ndg_httpsclient      [platform:rpm]
+
+# Required for compressing collected log files in CI
+gzip              [platform:dpkg]
+gzip              [platform:rpm]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 21b8ccb2..1ab4489c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:functional]
 # Ignore_errors is set to true so that the logs are collected at the
-#  end of the run. This will not produce a failse positive. Any
+#  end of the run. This will not produce a false positive. Any
 #  exception will be mark the run as failed and exit 1 after all of
 #  the commands have been iterated through.
 ignore_errors = True
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ commands =
     bash -c 'grep -q "changed=0.*failed=0" /tmp/idempotence_test_output.txt \
                      && (echo "Idempotence test: pass" && exit 0) \
                      || (echo "Idempotence test: fail" && exit 1)'
+    bash -c 'mkdir -p {toxinidir}/logs'
+    bash -c 'rsync -av --ignore-errors /var/log/ /openstack/log/ {toxinidir}/logs/ || true'
+    bash -c '$(which gzip) --best --recursive "{toxinidir}/logs/"'