diff --git a/group_vars/all/vars.yml b/group_vars/all/vars.yml
index 83b1f4f..9e6b294 100644
--- a/group_vars/all/vars.yml
+++ b/group_vars/all/vars.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ global_ip_discover_register_pass: "{{ lookup('password', 'credentials/ip_discove
 
 global_interfaces_directory: "/etc/network/interfaces.d"
 
+global_log_directory: "/var/log"
+
 global_nfs_port: "2049" # for version 4
 global_nfs_directory: "{{ global_webservers_directory }}/nfs"
 
diff --git a/roles/nginx/application/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx/application/defaults/main.yml
index 283aa6e..ffb1238 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/application/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/application/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ nginx_sites_directory: "{{ nginx_installation_directory }}/sites"
 nginx_streams_directory: "{{ nginx_installation_directory }}/streams"
 nginx_snippets_directory: "{{ nginx_installation_directory }}/snippets"
 
-nginx_global_log_directory: "/var/log/nginx"
+nginx_global_log_directory: "{{ global_log_directory }}/nginx"
 nginx_global_access_log: "{{ nginx_global_log_directory }}/access.log"
 nginx_global_error_log: "{{ nginx_global_log_directory }}/error.log"