2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 8a0ffbf..8b6ca5b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)                                                    \
            -I$(srcdir)/libply                                                 \
            -I$(srcdir)/libplybootsplash                                       \
            -I$(srcdir)                                                        \
+           -DPLYMOUTH_LOG_DIRECTORY=\"$(localstatedir)/log\"                  \
            -DPLYMOUTH_LOGO_FILE=\"$(logofile)\"
 
 plymouthdbindir = $(libexecdir)/plymouth
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b534129..f554ce0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ on_system_initialized (state_t *state)
 {
   ply_trace ("system now initialized, opening boot.log");
   ply_terminal_session_open_log (state->session,
-                                 "/var/log/boot.log");
+                                 PLYMOUTH_LOG_DIRECTORY "/boot.log");
 }
 
 static void