diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index 2357987c..a542f33a 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -1300,7 +1300,6 @@ if [[ $kernel_only != yes ]]; then
 
     ln -sfn ../run "$initdir/var/run"
     ln -sfn ../run/lock "$initdir/var/lock"
-    ln -sfn ../run/log "$initdir/var/log"
 else
     for d in lib "$libdir"; do
         [[ -e "${initdir}${prefix}/$d" ]] && continue
diff --git a/modules.d/98systemd/dracut-tmpfiles.conf b/modules.d/98systemd/dracut-tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c21ce81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules.d/98systemd/dracut-tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+d /run/initramfs     0755 root root -
+d /run/initramfs/log 0755 root root -
+L /var/log           -    -    -    - ../run/initramfs/log
diff --git a/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh
index bd4433e0..8052984c 100755
--- a/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ install() {
         $systemdsystemunitdir/slices.target \
         $systemdsystemunitdir/system.slice \
         \
+        $tmpfilesdir/systemd.conf \
+        \
         journalctl systemctl echo swapoff systemd-cgls systemd-tmpfiles
 
     inst_multiple -o \
@@ -232,6 +234,9 @@ install() {
         ln_r "$systemdsystemunitdir/${i}" "$systemdsystemunitdir/initrd.target.wants/${i}"
     done
 
+    inst_simple "$moddir/dracut-tmpfiles.conf" "$tmpfilesdir/dracut-tmpfiles.conf"
+
+
     mkdir -p "$initdir/etc/systemd"
     # turn off RateLimit for journal
     {
diff --git a/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh b/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh
index 8bc6b267..0a89cc8e 100755
--- a/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh
+++ b/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ if [ -n "$NEWROOT" ]; then
     [ -d $NEWROOT ] || mkdir -p -m 0755 $NEWROOT
 fi
 
-[ -d /run/initramfs ] || mkdir -p -m 0755 /run/initramfs
+if ! [ -d /run/initramfs ]; then
+    mkdir -p -m 0755 /run/initramfs/log
+    ln -sfn /run/initramfs/log /var/log
+fi
+
 [ -d /run/lock ] || mkdir -p -m 0755 /run/lock
 [ -d /run/log ] || mkdir -p -m 0755 /run/log