diff --git a/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master b/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master
index cddd97b4fbe58a517d968d5fbaac54cf2f043847..346b7fbe15b149d4418ef04e9de1f4c475fe4c1d 100644
--- a/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master
+++ b/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ $conf['dbmaster_password']		= '{mysql_master_server_ispconfig_password}';
 
 
 //** Paths
+$conf['ispconfig_log_dir'] = '/var/log/ispconfig';
 define('ISPC_ROOT_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../')); // Main ROOT is the parent directory to this file, ie interface/ or server/. NO trailing slashes.
 define('ISPC_LIB_PATH', ISPC_ROOT_PATH.'/lib');
 define('ISPC_CLASS_PATH', ISPC_ROOT_PATH.'/lib/classes');
diff --git a/interface/lib/config.inc.php b/interface/lib/config.inc.php
index c92030404a2f5059b55566b137d57c3ae5f42f80..c6250c536b88fad70e54e2ec0fd67b25edf5dff7 100644
--- a/interface/lib/config.inc.php
+++ b/interface/lib/config.inc.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ $conf['dbmaster_password']		= '{mysql_master_server_ispconfig_password}';
 
 
 //** Paths
+$conf['ispconfig_log_dir'] = '/var/log/ispconfig';
 define('ISPC_ROOT_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../')); // The main ROOT is the parent directory to this file, ie Interface/. NO trailing slashes.
 define('ISPC_LIB_PATH', ISPC_ROOT_PATH.'/lib');
 define('ISPC_CLASS_PATH', ISPC_ROOT_PATH.'/lib/classes');