diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.1.bb
index 9e09c89355..eccc916af4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.1.bb
@@ -386,6 +386,18 @@ do_install() {
         sed -i -e 's/#RebootWatchdogSec=10min/RebootWatchdogSec=${WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT}/' \
             ${D}/${sysconfdir}/systemd/system.conf
     fi
+
+    if [ -f "${D}${prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf" ]; then
+        sed -i -e '/^L \/var\/log\/README/d' ${D}${prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf
+        
+        touch ${D}${prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy-doc.conf
+        if "${@'true' if oe.types.boolean(d.getVar('VOLATILE_LOG_DIR')) else 'false'}"; then 
+            echo "L /var/log/README - - - - ../../../${datadir}/doc/systemd/README.logs" > ${D}${prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy-doc.conf
+        else
+            echo "L /var/log/README - - - - ../../${datadir}/doc/systemd/README.logs" > ${D}${prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy-doc.conf
+        fi
+
+    fi
 }
 
 python populate_packages:prepend (){
@@ -622,6 +634,8 @@ FILES:${PN}-udev-rules = "\
                         ${rootlibexecdir}/udev/rules.d/99-systemd.rules \
 "
 
+FILES:${PN}-doc:append = " ${prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy-doc.conf"
+
 CONFFILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/systemd/coredump.conf \
 	${sysconfdir}/systemd/journald.conf \
 	${sysconfdir}/systemd/logind.conf \