diff --git a/games-action/minetest/files/minetestserver.logrotate b/games-action/minetest/files/minetestserver.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..879170349454b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-action/minetest/files/minetestserver.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/var/log/minetest/minetest-server.log {
+	rotate 5
+	weekly
+	copytruncate
+}
diff --git a/games-action/minetest/minetest-5.2.0.ebuild b/games-action/minetest/minetest-5.2.0.ebuild
index 73950475263be..9f99e55d2d4d1 100644
--- a/games-action/minetest/minetest-5.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/games-action/minetest/minetest-5.2.0.ebuild
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 		newconfd "${T}"/minetestserver.confd minetest-server
 		newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/minetestserver.initd minetest-server
+
+		insinto /etc/logrotate.d
+		newins "${FILESDIR}"/minetestserver.logrotate minetest-server
 	fi
 }