diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix
index f888ae36d98eb2..e7f2de0a2dc724 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ in
 
       after = [ "syslog.target" "network.target" ];
 
+      preStart = ''
+        install -m 0755 -d /var/log/glusterfs
+      '';
+
       serviceConfig = {
         Type="simple";
         Environment="PYTHONPATH=${glusterfs}/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages";