diff --git a/etc/logrotate.d/telegraf b/etc/logrotate.d/telegraf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a7dedfcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/logrotate.d/telegraf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/var/log/telegraf/telegraf.log 
+{
+    rotate 6
+    daily
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+    nocreate
+    compress
+}
+
diff --git a/package.sh b/package.sh
index c20e566cb..aece77cdb 100755
--- a/package.sh
+++ b/package.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ AWS_FILE=~/aws.conf
 INSTALL_ROOT_DIR=/opt/telegraf
 TELEGRAF_LOG_DIR=/var/log/telegraf
 CONFIG_ROOT_DIR=/etc/opt/telegraf
+LOGROTATE_DIR=/etc/logrotate.d
 
 SAMPLE_CONFIGURATION=etc/config.sample.toml
+LOGROTATE_CONFIGURATION=etc/logrotate.d/telegraf
 INITD_SCRIPT=scripts/init.sh
 
 TMP_WORK_DIR=`mktemp -d`
@@ -144,6 +146,12 @@ make_dir_tree() {
         echo "Failed to create configuration directory -- aborting."
         cleanup_exit 1
     fi
+    mkdir -p $work_dir/$LOGROTATE_DIR
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Failed to create configuration directory -- aborting."
+        cleanup_exit 1
+    fi
+
 }
 
 
@@ -251,6 +259,12 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     cleanup_exit 1
 fi
 
+cp $LOGROTATE_CONFIGURATION $TMP_WORK_DIR/$LOGROTATE_DIR/telegraf.conf
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to copy $LOGROTATE_CONFIGURATION to packaging directory -- aborting."
+    cleanup_exit 1
+fi
+
 generate_postinstall_script $VERSION
 
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