diff --git a/traffic_router/tomcat-rpm/tomcat.spec b/traffic_router/tomcat-rpm/tomcat.spec
index 6ab96d215b..1a0662f694 100644
--- a/traffic_router/tomcat-rpm/tomcat.spec
+++ b/traffic_router/tomcat-rpm/tomcat.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Source:     %{_sourcedir}/apache-tomcat-%{version}.tar.gz
 Requires:   java-11-openjdk-headless
 
 %define tomcat_home /opt/tomcat
+%define TOMCAT_LOG_DIR /var/log/tomcat
 
 %description
 This rpm is a minimal install of the Tomcat servlet container version 9.0.
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ fi
 %{tomcat_home}
 
 %post
+if [ ! -d %{TOMCAT_LOG_DIR} ]; then
+	%__mkdir -p %{TOMCAT_LOG_DIR}
+fi
 
 %preun