diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
index 5c7cad3..168e4b1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
        install -d $D${sysconfdir}/rcS.d
        # this happens at S98 where our good 'ole packages script used to run
        echo "#!/bin/sh
-opkg-cl configure
+opkg-cl configure > /var/log/opkg-configure.log
 rm -f /${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}run-postinsts
 " > $D${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}run-postinsts
        chmod 0755