diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 528eef97ff..c9348ade39 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ TMPDIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/tmp"
 CACHE = "${TMPDIR}/cache${@['', '/' + str(bb.data.getVar('MACHINE', d, 1))][bool(bb.data.getVar('MACHINE', d, 1))]}${@['', '/' + str(bb.data.getVar('SDKMACHINE', d, 1))][bool(bb.data.getVar('SDKMACHINE', d, 1))]}"
 # The persistent cache should be shared by all builds
 PERSISTENT_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/cache"
+LOG_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/log"
 CO_DIR = "${DL_DIR}"
 CVSDIR = "${CO_DIR}/cvs"
 SVNDIR = "${CO_DIR}/svn"