diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-logging.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-logging.bbclass
index 18f53d4..48676f4 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-logging.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-logging.bbclass
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 callouts_datadir="${datadir}/phosphor-logging/callouts"
+elog_dir = "${datadir}/phosphor-logging/elog"