diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
index 0e95388875..a6bf303570 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
@@ -32,3 +32,13 @@ progress "mounting needed filesystems"
 
   mount -n -t tmpfs -o size=10m tmpfs /var
   mount -n -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug
+
+  if [ ! "$RUNLEVEL" = "installer" -a "$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
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/tmpfiles.d/02_busybox.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/tmpfiles.d/02_busybox.conf
index 561da67a24..c3d10c806d 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/tmpfiles.d/02_busybox.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/tmpfiles.d/02_busybox.conf
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@
 d    /var/cache     0755 root root 10d -
 d    /var/lib       0755 root root 10d -
 d    /var/lock      0755 root root 10d -
-d    /var/log       0755 root root 10d -
 d    /var/media     0755 root root 10d -
 d    /var/run       1777 root root 10d -
 d    /var/tmp       1777 root root 10d -
 
 f    /var/run/utmp  1777 root root 10d -
-f    /var/log/wtmp  1777 root root 10d -