diff --git a/templates/logrotate/files/logrotate.conf b/templates/logrotate/files/logrotate.conf
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+# See logrotate(8) for details.
+#
+# rotate log files weekly
+weekly
+
+# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
+rotate 4
+
+# restrict maximum size of log files
+#size 20M
+
+# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
+create
+
+# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
+compress
+
+# Logs are moved into directory for rotation
+# olddir /var/log/archive
+
+include /etc/logrotate.d
+
+/var/log/wtmp {
+    monthly
+    create 0664 root utmp
+    rotate 1
+}
diff --git a/templates/logrotate/files/logrotate.cron-daily b/templates/logrotate/files/logrotate.cron-daily
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+
+logrotate_cmd=/usr/sbin/logrotate
+
+if [ ! -x $logrotate_cmd ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+$logrotate_cmd /etc/logrotate.conf
diff --git a/templates/logrotate/template b/templates/logrotate/template
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+# Template file for 'logrotate'
+pkgname=logrotate
+version=3.7.8
+distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/l/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_makefile
+make_install_args="PREFIX=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version"
+short_desc="Log file rotation and periodic maintenance"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=21aa3dc830e8cc895ee4199d9325aa1e37cd3b525d0eaef400f66f6c7fc536dd
+long_desc="
+ $pkgname performs periodic maintenance of log files. The most common
+ action is rotating log files and archiving the old logs to one or more
+ places, but it can also periodically copy logs to a central repository
+ without truncating them. It can run commands both before and after log
+ rotation to handle stopping, restarting, or sending signals to servers,
+ and it automatically compresses logs when it archives them."
+
+conf_files="/etc/logrotate.conf"
+
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full popt
+Add_dependency full gzip
+
+pre_configure()
+{
+	sed -i "s|CFLAGS = -Wall|CFLAGS += -Wall|" $wrksrc/Makefile
+	sed -i 's|$(BASEDIR)/man|$(BASEDIR)/share/man|' $wrksrc/Makefile
+}
+
+post_install()
+{
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.daily
+	install -m644 ${FILESDIR}/logrotate.conf ${DESTDIR}/etc
+	install -m744 ${FILESDIR}/logrotate.cron-daily \
+		${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.daily/logrotate
+}