diff --git a/daemons/ensure-dirs.in b/daemons/ensure-dirs.in
index b778ff19806c04acd9f392f8b3cbc926768a0e3a..c9de87bc8f82561d20436147082b96ea6206aa9d 100644
--- a/daemons/ensure-dirs.in
+++ b/daemons/ensure-dirs.in
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ _ensure_rundir() {
 _ensure_logdir() {
   _ensure_dir "${GNTLOGDIR}" 0770 "$(_fileset_owner "daemons")"
 
+  touch "${GNTLOGDIR}/rapi-daemon.log"
   chown $(_fileset_owner "rapi") "${GNTLOGDIR}/rapi-daemon.log"
 }