diff --git a/templates/logrotate/template b/templates/logrotate/template
index 6da82d6667..85f5207b05 100644
--- a/templates/logrotate/template
+++ b/templates/logrotate/template
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pre_configure()
 
 post_install()
 {
-	install -d ${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.daily
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.daily ${DESTDIR}/etc/logrotate.d
 	install -m644 ${FILESDIR}/logrotate.conf ${DESTDIR}/etc
 	install -m744 ${FILESDIR}/logrotate.cron-daily \
 		${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.daily/logrotate