diff --git a/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb b/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb
index 5850181..7fc9253 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb
+++ b/resources/recipes/prepare_system.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
   )
 end
 
+template '/etc/logrotate.d/logstash' do
+  source 'logstash_log-rotate.erb'
+  owner 'root'
+  group 'root'
+  mode 0644
+  retries 2
+end
+
 service 'chef-client' do
   if node['redborder']['services']['chef-client']
     action [:enable, :start]
diff --git a/resources/templates/default/logstash_log-rotate.erb b/resources/templates/default/logstash_log-rotate.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02e6903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/templates/default/logstash_log-rotate.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Generated by Chef                                                           #
+###############################################################################
+
+/var/log/logstash/*.log {
+    size=20M
+    missingok
+    rotate 5
+    compress
+    delaycompress
+    notifempty
+    copytruncate
+    postrotate
+        rm -f /var/log/logstash/*.gz > /dev/null
+    endscript
+}