diff --git a/templates/common/bin/runlogwatch.sh b/templates/common/bin/runlogwatch.sh
index 0f3086a0..f1ce5073 100755
--- a/templates/common/bin/runlogwatch.sh
+++ b/templates/common/bin/runlogwatch.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 # Ramdisk logs path
 LOG_DIR=${LOG_DIR:-/var/lib/ironic/ramdisk-logs}
 
+# NOTE(hjensas): OSPRH-17520
+if ! command -v inotifywait; then
+    echo "WARNING: ramdisk-logs will not be captured, because the inotifywait command is missing. Please patch the OpenstackVersion to update container images."
+    # Start a tail on /dev/null to do nothing forever
+    tail -f /dev/null
+fi
+
 inotifywait -m "${LOG_DIR}" -e close_write |
     while read -r path _action file; do
         echo "************ Contents of ${path}${file} ramdisk log file bundle **************"