diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf b/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf
index 6b970f347c..9ca5ad2bc8 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ d /run/systemd/netif 0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
 d /run/systemd/netif/links 0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
 d /run/systemd/netif/leases 0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
 
+d /run/log 0755 root root -
+
 z /run/log/journal 2755 root systemd-journal - -
 Z /run/log/journal/%m ~2750 root systemd-journal - -