diff --git a/systemd-gtk.spec b/systemd-gtk.spec
index ad9de14c..b3ac698d 100644
--- a/systemd-gtk.spec
+++ b/systemd-gtk.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-
 Name:           systemd-gtk
 Url:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 Version:        38
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index 1e4827ea..df2f3f7d 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 19 13:47:39 UTC 2012 - tittiatcoke@gmail.com
+
+- Make the systemd journal persistent by creating the 
+  /var/log/journal directory
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 18 09:03:51 UTC 2012 - tittiatcoke@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index fc0f7c57..1e6ca6f6 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-
 %define build_plymouth 0
 
 #don't require python, use recommends (bnc#716939)
@@ -230,6 +229,9 @@ ln -s systemd-random-seed-load.service %{buildroot}/lib/systemd/system/random.se
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rsyslog.d/
 install -m 0644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rsyslog.d/
 
+# Create the /var/log/journal directory to change the volatile journal to a persistent one
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/log/journal
+
 %if %{build_plymouth}
 (cd %{buildroot} && find . -name '*plymouth*') > files.plymouth
 %endif
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %dir /var/lib/systemd
 %dir /var/lib/systemd/sysv-convert
 %dir /var/lib/systemd/migrated
+%dir /var/log/journal
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)