diff --git a/logstash/defaults/main.yml b/logstash/defaults/main.yml
index 2d3c7b40..e563f517 100644
--- a/logstash/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/logstash/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 logstash_jvm_xms: 256m
 logstash_jvm_xmx: 1g
+logstash_log_rotate_days: 365
diff --git a/logstash/tasks/logs.yml b/logstash/tasks/logs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d5b5023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logstash/tasks/logs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+
+- name: "log rotation script"
+  template:
+    src: rotate_logstash_logs.j2
+    dest: /etc/cron.daily/rotate_logstash_logs
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0750"
diff --git a/logstash/tasks/main.yml b/logstash/tasks/main.yml
index 67d9e375..71be5614 100644
--- a/logstash/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/logstash/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@
 - debug:
     var: logstash_template
     verbosity: 1
+
+- include: logs.yml
diff --git a/logstash/templates/rotate_logstash_logs.j2 b/logstash/templates/rotate_logstash_logs.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40155506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logstash/templates/rotate_logstash_logs.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+LOG_DIR=/var/log/logstash
+MAX_AGE={{ logstash_log_rotate_days | mandatory }}
+
+find ${LOG_DIR} -type f -user logstash -name "logstash.log.*.gz"    -mtime +${MAX_AGE} -delete
+find ${LOG_DIR} -type f -user root     -name "logstash.err.*.gz"    -mtime +${MAX_AGE} -delete
+find ${LOG_DIR} -type f -user root     -name "logstash.stdout.*.gz" -mtime +${MAX_AGE} -delete