diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index af05844..3f99dd5 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ class nginx::config(
     ensure => directory,
   }
 
+  file { $log_dir:
+    ensure => directory,
+  }
+
   file {$client_body_temp_path:
     ensure => directory,
     owner  => $daemon_user,
diff --git a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
index ece8734..8fcba48 100644
--- a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ describe 'nginx::config' do
         it { is_expected.to contain_file("/var/nginx/proxy_temp").with(:owner => 'nginx')}
         it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/nginx.conf").with_content %r{^user nginx;}}
 
+        it { is_expected.to contain_file("/var/log/nginx").with(
+          :ensure => 'directory',
+          :group => 'root',
+          :mode => '0644'
+        )}
+
     describe "nginx.conf template content" do
       [
         {
@@ -514,6 +520,11 @@ describe 'nginx::config' do
         'purge',
         'recurse'
       ])}
+      it { is_expected.to contain_file('/var/log/nginx').without([
+        'ignore',
+        'purge',
+        'recurse'
+      ])}
     end
 
     context "when daemon_user = www-data" do