diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/var.conf.m4 b/tmpfiles.d/var.conf.m4
index 24374ba8cb..e640fcd8c0 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/var.conf.m4
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/var.conf.m4
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ d /var/log 0755 - - -
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_UTMP',
 f /var/log/wtmp 0664 root utmp -
 f /var/log/btmp 0600 root utmp -
+f /var/log/lastlog 0664 root utmp -
 )m4_dnl
 
 d /var/cache 0755 - - -