1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-file.c b/src/journal/journal-file.c
index 7f5d7c27b2..a784a3391b 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-file.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-file.c
@@ -1740,6 +1740,11 @@ int journal_file_open(
         f->writable = (flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY;
         f->prot = prot_from_flags(flags);
 
+        if (template) {
+                f->metrics = template->metrics;
+                f->compress = template->compress;
+        }
+
         f->path = strdup(fname);
         if (!f->path) {
                 r = -ENOMEM;