diff --git a/manifests/database/nosql.pp b/manifests/database/nosql.pp
index 86e07c1e..7c3d5e87 100644
--- a/manifests/database/nosql.pp
+++ b/manifests/database/nosql.pp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class cloud::database::nosql(
     bind_ip   => $array_bind_ip,
     nojournal => $nojournal,
     replset   => 'ceilometer',
+    logpath   => '/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log',
   }
 
   exec {'check_mongodb' :
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_database_nosql_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_database_nosql_spec.rb
index 0c5db71b..36fa1bb7 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_database_nosql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_database_nosql_spec.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ describe 'cloud::database::nosql' do
       should contain_class('mongodb::globals').with_before('Class[Mongodb]')
       should contain_class('mongodb').with(
         :bind_ip   => ['10.0.0.1'],
-        :nojournal => false
+        :nojournal => false,
+        :logpath   => '/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log',
       )
     end