diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 36e6231e3..3da6a4bec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ install: $(PROGRAM) install-man
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDUNITDIR)
 	$(Q) install -m 644 scripts/sd/criu.socket $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDUNITDIR)
 	$(Q) install -m 644 scripts/sd/criu.service $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDUNITDIR)
+	$(Q) install -m 644 scripts/logrotate.d/criu-service $(DESTDIR)$(LOGROTATEDIR)
 
 install-man:
 	$(Q) $(MAKE) -C Documentation install
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index 49cee8fbb..5496f4114 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PREFIX		:= /usr/local
 SBINDIR		:= $(PREFIX)/sbin
 MANDIR		:= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 SYSTEMDUNITDIR	:= $(PREFIX)/lib/systemd/system/
+LOGROTATEDIR	:= $(PREFIX)/etc/logrotate.d/
 LIBDIR		:= $(PREFIX)/lib
 # For recent Debian/Ubuntu with multiarch support
 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture \
diff --git a/scripts/logrotate.d/criu-service b/scripts/logrotate.d/criu-service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3824268f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/logrotate.d/criu-service
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/var/log/criu-service.log {
+     weekly
+     rotate 4
+     copytruncate
+     notifempty
+     missingok
+}