diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/logrotate-mirrormanager b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/logrotate-mirrormanager
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..174d875888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/logrotate-mirrormanager
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/var/log/mirrormanager/*.log
+{
+    compress
+    compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    uncompresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    compressext .xz
+    daily
+    rotate 30
+    missingok
+}
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 0e0873ae7e..a3532dedfe 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
   tags:
   - mirrorlist_proxy
 
+- name: setup logrotate log for mirrormanager log files
+  copy: src=logrotate-mirrormanager dest=/etc/logrotate.d/mirrormanager
+  tags:
+  - mirrorlist_proxy
+
 - name: Install docker
   package: name={{item}} state=present
   with_items: