diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/files/syslog-logrotate b/roles/distgit/pagure/files/syslog-logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7028290a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/files/syslog-logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/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
+    daily
+    rotate 7
+    missingok
+    ifempty
+    compress
+    compresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    uncompresscmd /usr/bin/xz
+    compressext .xz
+    dateext
+}
diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index a38bc1d8c6..978cc8b402 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -335,3 +335,9 @@
   - SAR
   - GDPR
   - pagure
+
+- name: override the default syslog logrotate file
+  copy: src=syslog-logrotate dest=/etc/logrotate.d/syslog
+  tags:
+  - pagure
+  - logrotate