diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/logrotate-mirrormanager b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/logrotate-mirrormanager
index 174d875888..6563c6d31f 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/logrotate-mirrormanager
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/logrotate-mirrormanager
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-/var/log/mirrormanager/*.log
-{
+/var/log/mirrormanager/*log {
+    daily
+    rotate 30
+    missingok
+    ifempty
     compress
     compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
     uncompresscmd /usr/bin/xz
     compressext .xz
-    daily
-    rotate 30
-    missingok
+    dateext
+    copytruncate
 }