diff --git a/roles/packager_alias/files/syslog b/roles/packager_alias/files/syslog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..383d9cf33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/packager_alias/files/syslog
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/var/log/cron
+/var/log/messages
+/var/log/secure
+/var/log/spooler
+{
+    missingok
+    sharedscripts
+    postrotate
+        /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
+    endscript
+}
+/var/log/maillog {
+    daily
+    rotate 14
+    missingok
+    ifempty
+    compress
+    compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    uncompresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    compressext .xz
+    dateext
+    sharedscripts
+    copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/roles/packager_alias/tasks/main.yml b/roles/packager_alias/tasks/main.yml
index aefe04bf24..759d8b777d 100644
--- a/roles/packager_alias/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/packager_alias/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@
   tags:
   - install
 
+#
+# Since this host has mail aliases, it's a mail hub. Compress logs since there will be a ton of them
+#
+
+- name: install modified logrotate syslog script to compress maillog on mailhub
+  copy: src=syslog dest=/etc/logrotate.d/syslog owner=root group=root
+  tags:
+  - install