diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/rsyslog_config b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/rsyslog_config
index a8ffb3fc5a..d630fc8276 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/rsyslog_config
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/rsyslog_config
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ fi
 
 # mirror syslog to boot drive
 if [[ -n $syslog_flash ]]; then
+  mkdir -p /boot/logs
   if ! grep -q '^\$template flash,' $ETC; then
     sed -ri '/^#\$UDPServerRun [0-9]+.*$/a$template flash,"/boot/logs/syslog"' $ETC
   fi
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.6 b/etc/rc.d/rc.6
index 9f0cd85b45..bd22788df8 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.6
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.6
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ if [[ ! -f /boot/logs/syslog && -z $MIRROR && -z $COPY ]]; then
   SIZE=$(($(/bin/stat -c%s /var/log/syslog)*2))
   if [[ $AVAIL -ge $SIZE ]]; then
     log "Saving syslog to boot drive"
-    /bin/cp -f /var/log/syslog /boot/logs/syslog
+    /bin/mkdir -p /boot/logs && /bin/cp -f /var/log/syslog /boot/logs/syslog
   fi
 fi