diff --git a/accton-create b/accton-create
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0478ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accton-create
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+ACCTFILE=/var/account/pacct
+[ ! -r $ACCTFILE ] && touch $ACCTFILE && chmod 600 $ACCTFILE
diff --git a/psacct.service b/psacct.service
index 8aece6d..832c0c5 100644
--- a/psacct.service
+++ b/psacct.service
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Kernel process accounting
 After=syslog.target
-ConditionPathExists=/var/account/pacct
+ConditionPathExists=/var/account
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/sbin/accton /var/account/pacct
-ExecStop=/sbin/accton off
+ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/psacct/accton-create
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/accton /var/account/pacct
+ExecStop=/usr/sbin/accton off
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/psacct.spec b/psacct.spec
index b3e74fc..25017ac 100644
--- a/psacct.spec
+++ b/psacct.spec
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 Summary: Utilities for monitoring process activities
 Name: psacct
 Version: 6.6.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/System
 URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/acct/
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/acct/acct-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: psacct.service
 Source2: psacct-logrotate.in
+Source3: accton-create
 Patch1: psacct-6.3.2-lastcomm_man.patch
 Patch2: acct-6.3.2-sa_manpage.patch
 Patch3: psacct-6.3.2-man-pages.patch
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ sed -e 's|%%{_bindir}|%{_bindir}|g' -e 's|%%{_sbindir}|%{_sbindir}|g' %{SOURCE2}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 install -m 644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 
+# install accton-create script
+install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/psacct
+install -m 755 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/psacct/
+
 %if ! %{with_last}
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/last %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/last.1*
 %endif
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ fi
 %{_sbindir}/sa
 %{_sbindir}/dump-utmp
 %{_sbindir}/dump-acct
+%{_libexecdir}/psacct/accton-create
 %{_bindir}/ac
 %if %{with_last}
 %{_bindir}/last
@@ -134,6 +140,9 @@ fi
 %{_infodir}/accounting.info.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 11 2013 Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com> - 6.6.1-2
+- Logfile creation in the systemd unit file (#918132)
+
 * Tue Apr 09 2013 Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com> - 6.6.1-1
 - Update to 6.6.1
 - Fixing bogus dates in the changelog