diff --git a/files/httpd/httpd.logrotate b/files/httpd/httpd.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a23a662d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/httpd/httpd.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/var/log/httpd/*log {
+    daily
+    rotate 7
+    missingok
+    ifempty
+    compress
+    compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
+    uncompresscmd /usr/bin/bunzip2
+    compressext .bz2
+    dateext
+    sharedscripts
+    copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/tasks/apache.yml b/tasks/apache.yml
index 8fd4289417..bb2da77341 100644
--- a/tasks/apache.yml
+++ b/tasks/apache.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@
   - config
   - apache
   
+- name: setup logrotate to our needs
+  copy: src="{{ files }}/httpd/httpd.logrotate" dest=/etc/logrotate.d/httpd
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - apache