diff --git a/deployment.sh b/deployment.sh
index f6086e6..b91d62b 100755
--- a/deployment.sh
+++ b/deployment.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Purpose: automatically install Debian + sip:provider platform
 ################################################################################
 
+INSTALL_LOG='/tmp/deployment-installer-debug.log'
+exec  > >(tee -a $INSTALL_LOG    )
+exec 2> >(tee -a $INSTALL_LOG >&2)
+
 # set version to git commit ID
 SCRIPT_VERSION="%SCRIPT_VERSION%"
 
@@ -1989,6 +1993,10 @@ rm -f ${TARGET}/config_*yml
 rm -f ${TARGET}/constants_*.yml
 rm -f ${TARGET}/ngcp-installer*deb
 
+if [ -r "${INSTALL_LOG}" ] && [ -d "${TARGET}"/var/log/ ] ; then
+  cp "${INSTALL_LOG}" "${TARGET}"/var/log/
+fi
+
 # don't leave any mountpoints
 sync
 umount ${TARGET}/proc       2>/dev/null || true