diff -urp suricata-5.0.4.orig/configure.ac suricata-5.0.4/configure.ac
--- suricata-5.0.4.orig/configure.ac	2020-10-07 17:01:44.000000000 -0400
+++ suricata-5.0.4/configure.ac	2020-10-15 12:13:27.762707018 -0400
@@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ if test "$WINDOWS_PATH" = "yes"; then
         e_rustdir="$e_abs_srcdir/rust"
     fi
 else
-    EXPAND_VARIABLE(localstatedir, e_logdir, "/log/suricata/")
+    EXPAND_VARIABLE(localstatedir, e_logdir, "/log/suricata")
     EXPAND_VARIABLE(localstatedir, e_rundir, "/run/")
     EXPAND_VARIABLE(localstatedir, e_logfilesdir, "/log/suricata/files")
     EXPAND_VARIABLE(localstatedir, e_logcertsdir, "/log/suricata/certs")