diff --git a/conf/corosync.conf.example b/conf/corosync.conf.example
index fa4973f0..3305366b 100644
--- a/conf/corosync.conf.example
+++ b/conf/corosync.conf.example
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ totem {
 
 logging {
 	fileline: off
-	to_stderr: yes
+	to_stderr: no
 	to_logfile: yes
 	to_syslog: yes
-	logfile: /tmp/corosync.log
+	logfile: /var/log/cluster/corosync.log
 	debug: off
 	timestamp: on
 	logger_subsys {
diff --git a/corosync.spec.in b/corosync.spec.in
index bc31160d..e8f955db 100644
--- a/corosync.spec.in
+++ b/corosync.spec.in
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ make %{_smp_mflags}
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+mkdir -p -m 0700 %{buildroot}/%{_localstatedir}/log/cluster
 
 ## tree fixup
 # drop static libs
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ fi
 %{_libexecdir}/lcrso/vsf_quorum.lcrso
 %{_libexecdir}/lcrso/vsf_ykd.lcrso
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/corosync
+%dir %{_localstatedir}/log/cluster
 %{_mandir}/man8/corosync_overview.8*
 %{_mandir}/man8/corosync.8*
 %{_mandir}/man8/corosync-blackbox.8*