diff --git a/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 77e36070..5fce4ef6 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ elasticsearch_custom_tmpdir: Null
 elasticsearch_default_tmpdir: /var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp
 elasticsearch_jvm_xms: 2g
 elasticsearch_jvm_xmx: 2g
+elasticsearch_log_rotate_days: 365
 
 elasticsearch_curator: False
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/tasks/logs.yml b/elasticsearch/tasks/logs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee3d7680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch/tasks/logs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+
+- name: "log rotation script"
+  template:
+    src: rotate_elasticsearch_logs.j2
+    dest: /etc/cron.daily/rotate_elasticsearch_logs
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0750"
diff --git a/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml b/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
index 00be05ed..bc43bebd 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 - include: tmpdir.yml
 
+- include: logs.yml
+
 - include: plugin_head.yml
   when: elasticsearch_plugin_head
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/rotate_elasticsearch_logs.j2 b/elasticsearch/templates/rotate_elasticsearch_logs.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14d2d31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/rotate_elasticsearch_logs.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+LOG_DIR=/var/log/elasticsearch
+USER=elasticsearch
+MAX_AGE={{ elasticsearch_log_rotate_days | mandatory }}
+
+find ${LOG_DIR} -type f -user ${USER} -name "*.log.????-??-??" -exec gzip --best {} \;
+find ${LOG_DIR} -type f -user ${USER} -name "*.log.????-??-??.gz" -mtime +${MAX_AGE} -delete