diff --git a/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/log/conf b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/log/conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fb73816d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/log/conf
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+USERGROUP=elastic:elastic