diff --git a/packweb-apache/files/userlogrotate b/packweb-apache/files/userlogrotate
index 897c077b..deaf850a 100644
--- a/packweb-apache/files/userlogrotate
+++ b/packweb-apache/files/userlogrotate
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ HOMEPREFIX="/home"
 
 rotate () {
   mv $1 $1.$DATE
-  gzip $1.$DATE
   touch $1
   chown $2 $1
   chmod g+r $1
@@ -36,5 +35,21 @@ fi;
 
 test -x /usr/sbin/nginx && invoke-rc.d nginx rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
 
+# Zipping is done after web serveur reload, so that the file descriptor is released.
+# Else, an error is raised (gzip file size changed while zipping)
+# and logs written buring the zipping process might be lost.
+
+for log in access.log access-*.log error.log; do
+  for i in `ls -1 -d $HOMEPREFIX/*/log/$log 2>/dev/null | grep -v \.bak\.`; do
+    gzip $i
+  done
+done
+
+for log in production.log delayed_job.log development.log test.log; do
+  for i in `ls -1 -d $HOMEPREFIX/*/www/{,current/}log/$log 2>/dev/null | grep -v \.bak\.`; do
+    gzip $i
+  done
+done
+
 # we want exit 0
 true