diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca160a9c..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
@@ -120,7 +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/logrotate.conf $(DESTDIR)$(WWCONFIGDIR)/logrotate.d/logrotate.conf
+	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/warewulf.spec.in b/warewulf.spec.in
index ed1a4251..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.
@@ -169,18 +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/warewulf.conf
+%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