2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
index bc17c4553d..201106645d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ d root root 1777 /run/lock none
 d root root 0755 /var/volatile/log none
 d root root 1777 /var/volatile/tmp none
 l root root 1777 /var/lock /run/lock
-l root root 0755 /var/log /var/volatile/log
 l root root 0755 /var/run /run
 l root root 1777 /var/tmp /var/volatile/tmp
 l root root 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index a65f1b24a5..7ab0d2bd41 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ do_install () {
         install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/read-only-rootfs-hook.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
         install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/save-rtc.sh       ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
         install -m 0644    ${WORKDIR}/volatiles         ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/00_core
+        if [ ${@ oe.types.boolean('${VOLATILE_LOG_DIR}') } = True ]; then
+                echo "l root root 0755 /var/log /var/volatile/log" >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/00_core
+        fi
         install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/dmesg.sh          ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
         install -m 0644    ${WORKDIR}/logrotate-dmesg.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/