diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a30ec22..70c86cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ Control the state of the postgresql service and whether it should start at boot
     postgresql_global_config_options:
       - option: unix_socket_directories
         value: '{{ postgresql_unix_socket_directories | join(",") }}'
-
-Global configuration options that will be set in `postgresql.conf`. Note that for RHEL/CentOS 6 (or very old versions of PostgreSQL), you need to at least override this variable and set the `option` to `unix_socket_directory`.
+      - option: log_directory
+        value: 'log'
+Global configuration options that will be set in `postgresql.conf`.
+For PostgreSQL versions older than 9.3 you need to at least override this variable and set the `option` to `unix_socket_directory`.
+If you override the value of `option: log_directory` with another path, relative or absolute, then this role will create it for you. 
 
     postgresql_hba_entries:
       - { type: local, database: all, user: postgres, auth_method: peer }
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4e16779..104dd1b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ postgresql_service_enabled: true
 postgresql_global_config_options:
   - option: unix_socket_directories
     value: '{{ postgresql_unix_socket_directories | join(",") }}'
+  - option: log_directory
+    value: 'log'
 
 # Host based authentication (hba) entries to be added to the pg_hba.conf. This
 # variable's defaults reflect the defaults that come with a fresh installation.
diff --git a/tasks/initialize.yml b/tasks/initialize.yml
index 0183121..8636a40 100644
--- a/tasks/initialize.yml
+++ b/tasks/initialize.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@
   # See: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/16048#issuecomment-229012509
   vars:
     ansible_ssh_pipelining: true
+
+- name: Ensure PostgreSQL log directory exists.
+  file:
+    path: "{{ postgresql_effective_log_dir }}"
+    owner: "{{ postgresql_user }}"
+    group: "{{ postgresql_group }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0700
diff --git a/tasks/variables.yml b/tasks/variables.yml
index d655c41..e9b8fa5 100644
--- a/tasks/variables.yml
+++ b/tasks/variables.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,19 @@
     postgresql_unix_socket_directories_mode: >-
       {{ __postgresql_unix_socket_directories_mode | default('02775') }}
   when: postgresql_unix_socket_directories_mode is not defined
+
+- name: Define postgresql_log_dir.
+  set_fact:
+    # postgresql_global_config_options is an array but its keys are unique, so it can be converted to dict,
+    # to easily get the value under the 'log_directory' key
+    postgresql_log_dir: "{{ (postgresql_global_config_options | items2dict(key_name='option', value_name='value')).log_directory }}"
+
+- name: Define postgresql_effective_log_dir, if postgresql_log_dir is absolute
+  set_fact:
+    postgresql_effective_log_dir: '{{ postgresql_log_dir }}'
+  when: postgresql_log_dir is match("/")
+
+- name: Define postgresql_effective_log_dir, if postgresql_log_dir is relative
+  set_fact:
+    postgresql_effective_log_dir: '{{ postgresql_data_dir }}/{{ postgresql_log_dir }}'
+  when: postgresql_log_dir is not match("/")