diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
index 8d48006..f9c1202 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
@@ -57,13 +57,16 @@ do_install_append_class-native() {
 	fi
 }
 
+POSTLOG ?= "/var/log/postinstall.log"
+REDIRECT_CMD = "${@base_contains('IMAGE_FEATURES', 'debug-tweaks', '>${POSTLOG} 2>&1', '', d)}"
+
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ "x$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 ${REDIRECT_CMD}
 rm -f /${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}run-postinsts
 " > $D${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}run-postinsts
 	chmod 0755 $D${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}run-postinsts