diff --git a/contrib/i2pd.service b/contrib/i2pd.service
index 5ed31d41..9af96c37 100644
--- a/contrib/i2pd.service
+++ b/contrib/i2pd.service
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ User=i2pd
 Group=i2pd
 RuntimeDirectory=i2pd
 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0700
+LogsDirectory=i2pd
+LogsDirectoryMode=0700
 Type=simple
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/i2pd --conf=/etc/i2pd/i2pd.conf --tunconf=/etc/i2pd/tunnels.conf --pidfile=/var/run/i2pd/i2pd.pid --logfile=/var/log/i2pd/i2pd.log --daemon --service
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID