diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directorys b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directorys
index 17e269d8b4..f52d5c4c69 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directorys
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directorys
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 progress "make variable directory structure"
   mkdir -p /var/cache \
-           /var/log \
            /var/lock \
            /var/media \
            /var/run \
@@ -38,6 +37,13 @@ progress "make variable directory structure"
   touch /var/run/utmp
     chmod 1777 /var/run/utmp
 
+  if test "$DEBUG" = "yes"; then
+    mkdir -p $HOME/log
+    ln -sf $HOME/log /var/log
+  else
+    mkdir -p /var/log
+  fi
+
   touch /var/log/wtmp
     chmod 1777 /var/log/wtmp