diff --git a/elements/overcloud-base/install.d/51-persistent-journal b/elements/overcloud-base/install.d/51-persistent-journal
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2721c7b2
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+++ b/elements/overcloud-base/install.d/51-persistent-journal
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+# Enable persistent logging for the systemd journal
+mkdir -p /var/log/journal
diff --git a/elements/overcloud-compute/post-install.d/51-remove-libvirt-default-net b/elements/overcloud-compute/post-install.d/51-remove-libvirt-default-net
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9b13648f
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+++ b/elements/overcloud-compute/post-install.d/51-remove-libvirt-default-net
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+set -o pipefail
+
+rm -f /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/default.xml
diff --git a/elements/override-pip-and-virtualenv/README.md b/elements/override-pip-and-virtualenv/README.md
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index 00000000..de8ffd5a
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+++ b/elements/override-pip-and-virtualenv/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This element will override the behavior from the pip-and-virtualenv element
+from tripleo-image-elements so that python-pip and python-virtualenv are never
+installed.
+
diff --git a/elements/override-pip-and-virtualenv/element-provides b/elements/override-pip-and-virtualenv/element-provides
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c8922a0
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+++ b/elements/override-pip-and-virtualenv/element-provides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pip-and-virtualenv