diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
index 44592c2..063419e 100644
--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 20 09:54:16 UTC 2016 - mchandras@suse.de
+
+- Add missing %dir directive for /var/log/openvswitch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 19 10:13:41 UTC 2016 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index bdae9ec..80e91d6 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ rmdir %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/python
 %{_sbindir}/rc%{name}
 %{_unitdir}/openvswitch.service
 %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.openvswitch
+%dir %{_localstatedir}/log/openvswitch
 
 %files ovn
 %defattr(-,root,root)