diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e6960e1..feb56611 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Display an error during boot if no container is defined. #1295
 - `wwctl conatiner list --kernel` shows the kernel detected for each container. #1283
 - `wwctl container list --size` shows the uncompressed size of each container. `--compressed` shows the compressed size, and `--chroot` shows the size of the container source on the server. #954, #1117
+- Add a logrotate config for `warewulfd.log`. #1311
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8add7986..1a36a410 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ install: build docs
 	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
 	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(WWDOCDIR)
 	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(FIREWALLDDIR)
+	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(LOGROTATEDIR)
 	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDDIR)
 	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(IPXESOURCE)
 	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/warewulf
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ install: build docs
 	for f in etc/ipxe/*.ipxe; do install -m 0644 $$f $(DESTDIR)$(WWCONFIGDIR)/ipxe/; done
 	install -m 0644 etc/grub/grub.cfg.ww $(DESTDIR)$(WWCONFIGDIR)/grub/grub.cfg.ww
 	install -m 0644 etc/grub/chainload.ww $(DESTDIR)$(WWOVERLAYDIR)/host/rootfs$(TFTPDIR)/warewulf/grub.cfg.ww
+	install -m 0644 etc/logrotate.d/warewulfd.conf $(DESTDIR)$(LOGROTATEDIR)/warewulfd.conf
 	(cd overlays && find * -type f -exec install -D -m 0644 {} $(DESTDIR)$(WWOVERLAYDIR)/{} \;)
 	(cd overlays && find * -type d -exec mkdir -pv $(DESTDIR)$(WWOVERLAYDIR)/{} \;)
 	(cd overlays && find * -type l -exec cp -av {} $(DESTDIR)$(WWOVERLAYDIR)/{} \;)
diff --git a/Variables.mk b/Variables.mk
index b23f6a11..69f39507 100644
--- a/Variables.mk
+++ b/Variables.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ VARLIST += TFTPDIR FIREWALLDDIR SYSTEMDDIR BASHCOMPDIR DRACUTMODDIR
 SYSTEMDDIR ?= /usr/lib/systemd/system
 BASHCOMPDIR ?= /etc/bash_completion.d
 FIREWALLDDIR ?= /usr/lib/firewalld/services
+LOGROTATEDIR ?= /etc/logrotate.d
 DRACUTMODDIR ?= /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d
 ifeq ($(OS),suse)
   TFTPDIR ?= /srv/tftpboot
diff --git a/etc/logrotate.d/warewulfd.conf b/etc/logrotate.d/warewulfd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d78208e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/logrotate.d/warewulfd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/var/log/warewulfd.log {
+    size 1M
+    compress
+    dateext
+    missingok
+    nocreate
+    notifempty
+    maxage 365
+    rotate 99
+    copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/warewulf.spec.in b/warewulf.spec.in
index 63a1fddb..0d61f47b 100644
--- a/warewulf.spec.in
+++ b/warewulf.spec.in
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: libassuan-devel gpgme-devel
 %endif
 
+Recommends: logrotate
+
 %description
 Warewulf is a stateless and diskless container operating system provisioning
 system for large clusters of bare metal and/or virtual systems.
@@ -169,17 +171,22 @@ getent group %{wwgroup} >/dev/null || groupadd -r %{wwgroup}
 
 
 %files
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d
+
 %defattr(-, root, %{wwgroup})
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/warewulf.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/examples
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/ipxe
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/grub
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/warewulfd.conf
 %config(noreplace) %attr(0640,-,-) %{_sysconfdir}/warewulf/nodes.conf
+
 %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/wwctl
 
 %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf
-%{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/chroots
+%dir %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/chroots
 %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays
 %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays/debug
 %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/warewulf/overlays/generic