diff --git a/package/rpm/post b/package/rpm/post
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5831d54d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/rpm/post
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mkdir -p /var/log/cortex
+touch /var/log/cortex/application.log
+chown -R cortex:cortex /var/log/cortex
diff --git a/rpm.sbt b/rpm.sbt
index 754782ab8..3a14edc78 100644
--- a/rpm.sbt
+++ b/rpm.sbt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rpmRequirements += "java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless"
 
 maintainerScripts in Rpm := maintainerScriptsFromDirectory(
   baseDirectory.value / "package" / "rpm",
-  Seq(RpmConstants.Pre, RpmConstants.Preun, RpmConstants.Postun)
+  Seq(RpmConstants.Pre, RpmConstants.Preun, RpmConstants.Post, RpmConstants.Postun)
 )
 
 linuxPackageSymlinks in Rpm := Nil