diff --git a/bin/emqx.cmd b/bin/emqx.cmd
index ede51a56b..2871bcc20 100644
--- a/bin/emqx.cmd
+++ b/bin/emqx.cmd
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 @set "RUNNER_ROOT_DIR=%rel_root_dir%"
 :: hard code etc dir
 @set "EMQX_ETC_DIR=%rel_root_dir%\etc"
+@set "EMQX_LOG_DIR=%rel_root_dir%\log"
 @set "etc_dir=%rel_root_dir%\etc"
 @set "lib_dir=%rel_root_dir%\lib"
 @set "emqx_conf=%etc_dir%\emqx.conf"