diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/etc/default/armbian-ramlog.dpkg-dist b/packages/bsp/common/etc/default/armbian-ramlog.dpkg-dist
index 2a20bc58f2..627dc12da9 100644
--- a/packages/bsp/common/etc/default/armbian-ramlog.dpkg-dist
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/etc/default/armbian-ramlog.dpkg-dist
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ USE_RSYNC=true
 # likely a good idea.
 #XTRA_RSYNC_TO=(--delete)
 XTRA_RSYNC_FROM=()
-XTRA_RSYNC_FROM=()
+
+# uncomment/change this if you want to move the long-term log storage
+# e.g. to use NVMe.
+#HDD_LOG=/mnt/nvme/log
diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-ramlog b/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-ramlog
index d7d8f5f634..b9aab164ed 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-ramlog
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-ramlog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 SIZE=50M
 USE_RSYNC=true
 ENABLED=false
+HDD_LOG=/var/log.hdd
 
 [ -f /etc/default/armbian-ramlog ] && . /etc/default/armbian-ramlog
 
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ ENABLED=false
 
 # Never touch anything below here. Only edit /etc/default/armbian-ramlog
 
-HDD_LOG=/var/log.hdd
 RAM_LOG=/var/log
 LOG2RAM_LOG="${HDD_LOG}/armbian-ramlog.log"
 LOG_OUTPUT="tee -a $LOG2RAM_LOG"
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ check_if_installed () {
 case "$1" in
 	start)
 		[ -d $HDD_LOG ] || mkdir -p $HDD_LOG
-		mount --bind $RAM_LOG $HDD_LOG
-		mount --make-private $HDD_LOG
-		
+		if [ "$HDD_LOG" == "/var/log.hdd" ]; then
+			mount --bind $RAM_LOG $HDD_LOG
+			mount --make-private $HDD_LOG
+		fi
+
 		# Check whether zram device is available or we need to use tmpfs
 		LOG_TYPE="tmpfs"
 		for rd in /dev/zram*; do
@@ -139,13 +141,15 @@ case "$1" in
 	stop)
 		syncToDisk
 		umount -l $RAM_LOG
-		umount -l $HDD_LOG
+		if [ "$HDD_LOG" == "/var/log.hdd" ]; then
+			umount -l $HDD_LOG
+		fi
 		;;
 	write)
 		syncToDisk
 		;;
 	postrotate)
-		cd /var/log.hdd/
+		cd $HDD_LOG
 		find . -type f -print | grep -E -v "(\.gz|\.xz|\.[0-9]|armbian-ramlog)|\.journal" | while IFS= read -r  file
 		do
 	    		dest="/var/log/$file"