diff --git a/kea.spec b/kea.spec
index 3ab0d2c..1bfaef2 100644
--- a/kea.spec
+++ b/kea.spec
@@ -258,6 +258,15 @@ install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}/run/kea/
 
 install -Dpm 0644 %{S:15} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/kea.conf
 
+# Create log dir /var/log/kea for logging, since kea user can't create log files in /var/log
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/log/kea
+sed -i -e 's|log\/|log\/kea\/|g' \
+    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf \
+    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf \
+    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/kea/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf \
+    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/kea/kea-ctrl-agent.conf
+#    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/kea/kea-netconf.conf  # TODO: no support for netconf/sysconf yet
+
 
 %pre
 %sysusers_create_compat %{S:16}
@@ -320,6 +329,7 @@ install -Dpm 0644 %{S:15} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/kea.conf
 %dir %attr(0755,kea,kea) %{_rundir}/kea/
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/kea.conf
 %{_sysusersdir}/kea.conf
+%dir %attr(0750,kea,kea) %{_localstatedir}/log/kea
 
 %files doc
 %dir %{_pkgdocdir}