diff --git a/pkg/centos/after-install.sh b/pkg/centos/after-install.sh
index c55619f0c..7d5087ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/centos/after-install.sh
+++ b/pkg/centos/after-install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 chown -R logstash:logstash /usr/share/logstash
-chown logstash /var/log/logstash
+chown -R logstash /var/log/logstash
 chown logstash:logstash /var/lib/logstash
 chmod 0644 /etc/logrotate.d/logstash
 sed -i \
diff --git a/pkg/debian/after-install.sh b/pkg/debian/after-install.sh
index 786c441cb..5f9c6008c 100644
--- a/pkg/debian/after-install.sh
+++ b/pkg/debian/after-install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 chown -R logstash:logstash /usr/share/logstash
-chown logstash /var/log/logstash
+chown -R logstash /var/log/logstash
 chown logstash:logstash /var/lib/logstash
 chmod 755 /etc/logstash
 chmod 0644 /etc/logrotate.d/logstash
diff --git a/pkg/ubuntu/after-install.sh b/pkg/ubuntu/after-install.sh
index ca9ec6a88..505f0328c 100644
--- a/pkg/ubuntu/after-install.sh
+++ b/pkg/ubuntu/after-install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 chown -R logstash:logstash /usr/share/logstash
-chown logstash /var/log/logstash
+chown -R logstash /var/log/logstash
 chown logstash:logstash /var/lib/logstash
 chmod 0644 /etc/logrotate.d/logstash
 sed -i \