diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/logrotate-mirrormanager b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/logrotate-mirrormanager
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ed8328930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/logrotate-mirrormanager
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/var/log/mirrormanager/*.log
+{
+    compress
+    compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    uncompresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    compressext .xz
+    daily
+    keep 30
+}
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
index b037d24bb9..5183e4f455 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
   tags:
   - mirrorlist2
 
+- name: setup logrotate log for mirrormanager log files
+  copy: src=logrotate-mirrormanager dest=/etc/logrotate.d/mirrormanager
+  tags:
+  - mirrorlist2
+
 # Copy the mirrorlist log file every hour to be ready to be processed
 - name: mirrorlist copy cron
   cron: name="copy-mirrorlist" minute="50" hour="*/2" user="mirrormanager"