diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 28aef1e6e..2af479547 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+touch /opt/so/logs/soup.log
 exec 3>&1 4>&2
 trap 'exec 2>&4 1>&3' 0 1 2 3
 exec 1>/opt/so/logs/soup.log 2>&1