diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/logrotate-syslog b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/logrotate-syslog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..296339ab11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/logrotate-syslog
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/var/log/cron
+/var/log/maillog
+/var/log/messages
+/var/log/secure
+/var/log/spooler
+{
+    sharedscripts
+    postrotate
+        /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
+    endscript
+    compress
+    compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    uncompresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    compressext .xz
+}
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
index 2cf504e321..b6bb3f4ce0 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,3 +93,8 @@
   - restart mirrorlist-server
   tags:
   - mirrorlist2
+
+- name: setup logrotate log for mirrorlists
+  copy: src=logrotate-syslog dest=/etc/logrotate.d/syslog
+  tags:
+  - mirrorlist2