diff --git a/host_firewall/defaults/main.yml b/host_firewall/defaults/main.yml
index 5ec50df..74b4c3f 100644
--- a/host_firewall/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/host_firewall/defaults/main.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ firewall:
     lapi:
       port: null
       clients: {}
+    # Hosts outside the ring that upload their journal through Traefik over wt0, and the Traefik container port; as
+    # with lapi, the flows arrive as client -> pod:port.
+    journal:
+      port: null
+      clients: {}
   # IPv4 port forwards: name -> {daddr, to, tcp: ports, udp: ports}, ports as in
   # the maps above. Forwarded traffic passes the forward hook, not input.
   dnat: {}
diff --git a/host_firewall/templates/host.nft.j2 b/host_firewall/templates/host.nft.j2
index 3614e44..d6d31c8 100644
--- a/host_firewall/templates/host.nft.j2
+++ b/host_firewall/templates/host.nft.j2
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ set {{ name }} {
 {% set masquerade = firewall.masquerade | default({}, true) | dict2items | rejectattr('value', 'none') | map(attribute='value') | unique | list %}
 {% set lapi = cluster.lapi | default({}, true) %}
 {% set lapi_rule = list(lapi.clients) and lapi.port %}
+{% set journal = cluster.journal | default({}, true) %}
+{% set journal_rule = list(journal.clients) and journal.port %}
 {% set scrapers = firewall.scrapers | default({}, true) %}
 {% set forward_guard = firewall.forward_guard | default({}, true) | dict2items | rejectattr('value', 'none') | list %}
 {% set blocklists = firewall.spamhaus or firewall.firehol %}
@@ -95,6 +97,9 @@ table inet host {
 	{{ addr_set('cluster_v6', 'ipv6_addr', cluster.v6) }}
 {% if lapi_rule %}
 	{{ addr_set('lapi_clients_v4', 'ipv4_addr', lapi.clients) }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if journal_rule %}
+	{{ addr_set('journal_clients_v4', 'ipv4_addr', journal.clients) }}
 {% endif %}
 	{{ addr_set('scrapers_v4', 'ipv4_addr', scrapers.v4) }}
 	{{ addr_set('scrapers_v6', 'ipv6_addr', scrapers.v6) }}
@@ -140,11 +145,16 @@ table inet host {
 	# lose their marks. The same mark lets the LAPI clients (@lapi_clients_v4) reach the pod port of the NodePort service
 	# with their own address: Cilium has translated the NodePort before this point, so NetBird would masquerade the flow
 	# to the cilium_host address and the network policy would see world.
+	# The journal uploaders (@journal_clients_v4) get the same mark on the Traefik pod port: the NetBird allowlist of
+	# the ingest route checks their own address.
 	chain pod_identity {
 		type filter hook prerouting priority -140; policy accept;
 		iifname "wt0" ct state new ip saddr @cluster_v4 ip daddr {{ cluster.v4.pods }} meta mark set 0x0001bd20
 {% if lapi_rule %}
 		iifname "wt0" ct state new ip saddr @lapi_clients_v4 ip daddr {{ cluster.v4.pods }} tcp dport {{ lapi.port }} meta mark set 0x0001bd20
+{% endif %}
+{% if journal_rule %}
+		iifname "wt0" ct state new ip saddr @journal_clients_v4 ip daddr {{ cluster.v4.pods }} tcp dport {{ journal.port }} meta mark set 0x0001bd20
 {% endif %}
 		ct state new ip saddr {{ cluster.v4.pods }} ip daddr {{ cluster.v4.pods }} meta mark 0x0001bd21 meta mark set 0
 		ct state new ip saddr {{ cluster.v4.pods }} ip daddr {{ cluster.v4.pods }} meta mark 0x0001bd22 meta mark set 0