1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/files/hiawatha-init b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/files/hiawatha-init
index 47fc0877ad..7427fcb900 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/files/hiawatha-init
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/hiawatha/files/hiawatha-init
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ OPTS=""
 case "$1" in
   start)
         echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
+        mkdir -p /var/log/hiawatha &> /dev/null
         start-stop-daemon --start -x "$DAEMON" -- $OPTS
         echo "$NAME."
         ;;