diff --git a/createlinks b/createlinks
index 0111a40..a921919 100644
--- a/createlinks
+++ b/createlinks
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/network-create/services2adjust/
 safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/network-delete/services2adjust/fail2ban");
 safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/remoteaccess-update/services2adjust/fail2ban");
 
+safe_touch("root/var/log/fail2ban/daemon.log");
+
 service_link_enhanced("fail2ban", "S92", "7");
 service_link_enhanced("fail2ban", "K08", "6");
 service_link_enhanced("fail2ban", "K08", "0");
diff --git a/smeserver-fail2ban.spec b/smeserver-fail2ban.spec
index 7b7ad27..3411541 100644
--- a/smeserver-fail2ban.spec
+++ b/smeserver-fail2ban.spec
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ perl createlinks
 /bin/rm -f %{name}-%{version}-filelist
 /sbin/e-smith/genfilelist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT \
    --dir /var/log/fail2ban 'attr(0750,root,root)' \
+   --file /var/log/fail2ban/daemon.log 'config(noreplace) %attr(0600,root,root)' \
    --file /etc/cron.daily/cleanup_fail2ban 'attr(0755,root,root)' \
   > %{name}-%{version}-filelist