diff --git a/meta-security/recipes-ids/suricata/files/tmpfiles.suricata b/meta-security/recipes-ids/suricata/files/tmpfiles.suricata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf3784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-security/recipes-ids/suricata/files/tmpfiles.suricata
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#Type Path        Mode UID  GID  Age Argument
+d /var/log/suricata 0755 root root