diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/files/logrotate.d/copr-dist-git b/roles/copr/dist_git/files/logrotate.d/copr-dist-git
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b614f5cfe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/files/logrotate.d/copr-dist-git
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# logrotation file for Copr dist git
+
+/var/log/copr-dist-git/*.log {
+    weekly
+    rotate 5
+    copytruncate
+    compress
+    notifempty
+    missingok
+    create 644 copr-dist-git copr-dist-git
+}
diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
index dcae2bdc7e..5864500217 100644
--- a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
   notify:
   - reload httpd
 
+- name: temporary logrotation fix until copr-dist-git 0.26 is released & deployed
+  copy: src="logrotate.d/copr-dist-git" dest="/etc/logrotate.d/copr-dist-git"
+
 - copy: src="dist-git.conf" dest="/etc/dist-git/dist-git.conf" mode=0644
   tags:
   - config