diff --git a/live/src/_service b/live/src/_service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc713a1f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live/src/_service
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<services>
+  <service mode="buildtime" name="kiwi_metainfo_helper"/>
+</services>
diff --git a/live/src/config.sh b/live/src/config.sh
index fa76ccd53d..0baecc7d5f 100644
--- a/live/src/config.sh
+++ b/live/src/config.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ echo "Configure image: [$kiwi_iname]..."
 # setup baseproduct link
 suseSetupProduct
 
+# save the current build data, the %VARIABLES% are replaced by the OBS
+# kiwi_metainfo_helper service before starting the build
+mkdir -p /var/log/build
+cat << EOF > /var/log/build/info
+Build date:    $(LC_ALL=C date -u "+%F %T %Z")
+Build number:  Build%RELEASE%
+Image profile: $kiwi_profiles
+Image version: $kiwi_iversion
+Image type:    $kiwi_type
+Source URL:    %SOURCEURL%
+EOF
+
 # enable the corresponding repository
 DISTRO=$(grep "^NAME" /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d\= | tr -d '"' | tr " " "_")
 REPO="/etc/zypp/repos.d/agama-${DISTRO}.repo"
diff --git a/rust/agama-lib/src/logs.rs b/rust/agama-lib/src/logs.rs
index 3b6c66e485..d569beb683 100644
--- a/rust/agama-lib/src/logs.rs
+++ b/rust/agama-lib/src/logs.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ const DEFAULT_COMMANDS: [(&str, &str); 6] = [
     ("rpm -qa", "rpm-qa"),
 ];
 
-const DEFAULT_PATHS: [&str; 14] = [
+const DEFAULT_PATHS: [&str; 15] = [
     // logs
+    "/var/log/build",
     "/var/log/YaST2",
     "/var/log/zypper.log",
     "/var/log/pbl.log",