diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fb6fbf0..10cf3c6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
   ([!669](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/merge_requests/669))
 
 ### Fixed
+* fix build-logs dissapearing when deploying
+  ([!685](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/merge_requests/685))
 * do not crash when system encoding can not be retrieved
   ([!671](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/merge_requests/671))
 * checkupdates: UpdateCheckIngore gets properly observed now
diff --git a/fdroidserver/common.py b/fdroidserver/common.py
index 059a641f..e63320db 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/common.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/common.py
@@ -3253,42 +3253,44 @@ def deploy_build_log_with_rsync(appid, vercode, log_content):
         logging.warning(_('skip deploying full build logs: log content is empty'))
         return
 
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-        # gzip compress log file
-        log_gz_path = os.path.join(
-            tmpdir, '{pkg}_{ver}.log.gz'.format(pkg=appid,
-                                                ver=vercode))
-        with gzip.open(log_gz_path, 'wb') as f:
-            if isinstance(log_content, str):
-                f.write(bytes(log_content, 'utf-8'))
-            else:
-                f.write(log_content)
+    if not os.path.exists('repo'):
+        os.mkdir('repo')
 
-        # TODO: sign compressed log file, if a signing key is configured
+    # gzip compress log file
+    log_gz_path = os.path.join('repo',
+                               '{pkg}_{ver}.log.gz'.format(pkg=appid,
+                                                           ver=vercode))
+    with gzip.open(log_gz_path, 'wb') as f:
+        if isinstance(log_content, str):
+            f.write(bytes(log_content, 'utf-8'))
+        else:
+            f.write(log_content)
 
-        for webroot in config.get('serverwebroot', []):
-            dest_path = os.path.join(webroot, "repo")
-            if not dest_path.endswith('/'):
-                dest_path += '/'  # make sure rsync knows this is a directory
-            cmd = ['rsync',
-                   '--archive',
-                   '--delete-after',
-                   '--safe-links']
-            if options.verbose:
-                cmd += ['--verbose']
-            if options.quiet:
-                cmd += ['--quiet']
-            if 'identity_file' in config:
-                cmd += ['-e', 'ssh -oBatchMode=yes -oIdentitiesOnly=yes -i ' + config['identity_file']]
-            cmd += [log_gz_path, dest_path]
+    # TODO: sign compressed log file, if a signing key is configured
 
-            # TODO: also deploy signature file if present
+    for webroot in config.get('serverwebroot', []):
+        dest_path = os.path.join(webroot, "repo")
+        if not dest_path.endswith('/'):
+            dest_path += '/'  # make sure rsync knows this is a directory
+        cmd = ['rsync',
+               '--archive',
+               '--delete-after',
+               '--safe-links']
+        if options.verbose:
+            cmd += ['--verbose']
+        if options.quiet:
+            cmd += ['--quiet']
+        if 'identity_file' in config:
+            cmd += ['-e', 'ssh -oBatchMode=yes -oIdentitiesOnly=yes -i ' + config['identity_file']]
+        cmd += [log_gz_path, dest_path]
 
-            retcode = subprocess.call(cmd)
-            if retcode:
-                logging.warning(_("failed deploying build logs to '{path}'").format(path=webroot))
-            else:
-                logging.info(_("deployed build logs to '{path}'").format(path=webroot))
+        # TODO: also deploy signature file if present
+
+        retcode = subprocess.call(cmd)
+        if retcode:
+            logging.warning(_("failed deploying build logs to '{path}'").format(path=webroot))
+        else:
+            logging.info(_("deployed build logs to '{path}'").format(path=webroot))
 
 
 def get_per_app_repos():
@@ -3321,6 +3323,7 @@ def is_repo_file(filename):
     return os.path.isfile(filename) \
         and not filename.endswith(b'.asc') \
         and not filename.endswith(b'.sig') \
+        and not filename.endswith(b'.log.gz') \
         and os.path.basename(filename) not in [
             b'index.jar',
             b'index_unsigned.jar',
diff --git a/fdroidserver/update.py b/fdroidserver/update.py
index 0d817477..463a1c7d 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/update.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/update.py
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ def delete_disabled_builds(apps, apkcache, repodirs):
                     os.path.join(repodir, apkfilename),
                     os.path.join(repodir, apkfilename + '.asc'),
                     os.path.join(repodir, apkfilename[:-4] + "_src.tar.gz"),
+                    os.path.join(repodir, apkfilename[:-4] + ".log.gz"),
                 ]
                 for density in all_screen_densities:
                     repo_dir = get_icon_dir(repodir, density)
@@ -1879,6 +1880,7 @@ def move_apk_between_sections(from_dir, to_dir, apk):
     logging.info("Moving %s from %s to %s" % (apk['apkName'], from_dir, to_dir))
     _move_file(from_dir, to_dir, apk['apkName'], False)
     _move_file(from_dir, to_dir, apk['apkName'] + '.asc', True)
+    _move_file(from_dir, to_dir, apk['apkName'][:-4] + '.log.gz', True)
     for density in all_screen_densities:
         from_icon_dir = get_icon_dir(from_dir, density)
         to_icon_dir = get_icon_dir(to_dir, density)
diff --git a/tests/common.TestCase b/tests/common.TestCase
index f99150ea..45e43f6f 100755
--- a/tests/common.TestCase
+++ b/tests/common.TestCase
@@ -1008,8 +1008,14 @@ class CommonTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         with mock.patch('subprocess.call',
                         side_effect=assert_subprocess_call):
-            fdroidserver.common.deploy_build_log_with_rsync(
-                'com.example.app', '4711', mocklogcontent)
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir, TmpCwd(tmpdir):
+                fdroidserver.common.deploy_build_log_with_rsync(
+                    'com.example.app', '4711', mocklogcontent)
+
+                expected_log_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'repo', 'com.example.app_4711.log.gz')
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(expected_log_path))
+                with gzip.open(expected_log_path, 'r') as f:
+                    self.assertEqual(f.read(), mocklogcontent)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":