diff --git a/packages/jessie/postinst b/packages/jessie/postinst
index d74109cec..9e3daa2e5 100755
--- a/packages/jessie/postinst
+++ b/packages/jessie/postinst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/spool/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/lib/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /usr/share/cgrates/
+		chown syslog:adm /var/log/cgrates
         ;;
 
 	abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
diff --git a/packages/squeeze/postinst b/packages/squeeze/postinst
index 28fa01ff1..2bd65fb97 100755
--- a/packages/squeeze/postinst
+++ b/packages/squeeze/postinst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/lib/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /var/spool/cgrates/
 		chown -R cgrates:cgrates /usr/share/cgrates/
+		chown syslog:adm /var/log/cgrates
         ;;
 
 	abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)