diff --git a/sysstat-tmpfiles.conf b/sysstat-tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce93986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysstat-tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/log/sa 0755 root root -
diff --git a/sysstat.spec b/sysstat.spec
index f37ccf0..8cb356d 100644
--- a/sysstat.spec
+++ b/sysstat.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux
 Name: sysstat
 Version: 12.5.4
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/
 Source: https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Source: https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 # Use colors in sysstat output
 Source1: colorsysstat.csh
 Source2: colorsysstat.sh
+Source3: sysstat-tmpfiles.conf
 
 # arithmetic overflow in allocate_structures() on 32 bit systems (CVE-2022-39377)
 Patch1:  sysstat-12.5.4-CVE-2022-39377.patch
@@ -77,6 +78,10 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/profile.d
 
+# tmpfiles config
+mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_tmpfilesdir}
+install -p -m 644 %SOURCE3 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
+
 %post
 %systemd_post sysstat.service sysstat-collect.timer sysstat-summary.timer
 
@@ -101,8 +106,12 @@ fi
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/system-sleep/sysstat*
 %{_mandir}/man*/*
 %{_localstatedir}/log/sa
+%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 01 2025 Lukáš Zaoral <lzaoral@redhat.com> - 12.5.4-10
+- fix creation of /var/log/sa in image mode (RHEL-129980)
+
 * Tue Jul 30 2024 Lukáš Zaoral <lzaoral@redhat.com> - 12.5.4-9
 - don't cap SVG graph output at 100% (RHEL-39002)