diff --git a/dev-db/etcd/etcd-2.3.7.ebuild b/dev-db/etcd/etcd-2.3.7.ebuild
index 0b5a7bf313122..0b2406f1af3df 100644
--- a/dev-db/etcd/etcd-2.3.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/etcd/etcd-2.3.7.ebuild
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ src_install() {
 	systemd_newtmpfilesd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.tmpfiles.d.conf" ${PN}.conf
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.initd ${PN}
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.confd ${PN}
+	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
+	newins "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.logrotated" "${PN}"
 	dodir /var/lib/${PN}
 	fowners ${PN}:${PN} /var/lib/${PN}
 	fperms 755 /var/lib/${PN}
diff --git a/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.logrotated b/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.logrotated
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bd6434411c760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.logrotated
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/var/log/etcd/etcd.log /var/log/etcd/etcd.err {
+	su etcd etcd
+	missingok
+	size 5M
+	rotate 3
+	compress
+	copytruncate
+}