diff --git a/dev-python/flower/files/flower.logrotated b/dev-python/flower/files/flower.logrotated
index 7a0ce640a908a..e5d8eb5216dfe 100644
--- a/dev-python/flower/files/flower.logrotated
+++ b/dev-python/flower/files/flower.logrotated
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 	size 5M
 	rotate 3
 	compress
+	copytruncate
 }