diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index c565fed4ff..06561e9f55 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ define LIGHTTPD_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 
 	ln -fs ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lighttpd.service
+
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/lighttpd/lighttpd_tmpfiles.conf \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lighttpd.conf
 endef
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd_tmpfiles.conf b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd_tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a24f3f7fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd_tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+f /var/log/lighttpd-access.log 0640 www-data www-data -
+f /var/log/lighttpd-error.log 0640 www-data www-data -