diff --git a/daemon/.gitignore b/daemon/.gitignore
index 38cf28dcf6..437f0ec841 100644
--- a/daemon/.gitignore
+++ b/daemon/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ Makefile.in
 libvirt_qemud
 libvirtd
 libvirtd.init
-libvirtd.logrotate
+libvirtd.*.logrotate
diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index 958a4f600d..a071609aa3 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST =						\
 	libvirtd.sasl					\
 	libvirtd.sysconf				\
 	libvirtd.aug                                    \
-	libvirtd.logrotate.in                           \
+	libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in                      \
+	libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in                       \
+	libvirtd.uml.logrotate.in                       \
 	test_libvirtd.aug                               \
 	$(AVAHI_SOURCES)				\
 	$(DAEMON_SOURCES)
@@ -177,20 +179,37 @@ remote_dispatch_args.h: $(srcdir)/remote_generate_stubs.pl $(REMOTE_PROTOCOL)
 remote_dispatch_ret.h: $(srcdir)/remote_generate_stubs.pl $(REMOTE_PROTOCOL)
 	perl -w $(srcdir)/remote_generate_stubs.pl -r $(REMOTE_PROTOCOL) > $@
 
-BUILT_SOURCES += libvirtd.logrotate
+LOGROTATE_CONFS = libvirtd.qemu.logrotate libvirtd.lxc.logrotate \
+                  libvirtd.uml.logrotate
 
-libvirtd.logrotate: libvirtd.logrotate.in
-	sed						\
-	    -e s!\@localstatedir\@!@localstatedir@!g	\
+BUILT_SOURCES += $(LOGROTATE_CONFS)
+
+libvirtd.qemu.logrotate: libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in
+	sed							\
+	    -e 's![@]localstatedir[@]!$(localstatedir)!g'	\
 	    < $< > $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@
 
-install-logrotate: libvirtd.logrotate
+libvirtd.lxc.logrotate: libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in
+	sed							\
+	    -e 's![@]localstatedir[@]!$(localstatedir)!g'	\
+	    < $< > $@-t
+	mv $@-t $@
+
+libvirtd.uml.logrotate: libvirtd.uml.logrotate.in
+	sed							\
+	    -e 's![@]localstatedir[@]!$(localstatedir)!g'	\
+	    < $< > $@-t
+	mv $@-t $@
+
+install-logrotate: $(LOGROTATE_CONFS)
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/log/libvirt/qemu/
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/log/libvirt/lxc/
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/log/libvirt/uml/
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/logrotate.d/
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $< $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/logrotate.d/libvirtd
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) libvirtd.qemu.logrotate $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/logrotate.d/libvirtd.qemu
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) libvirtd.lxc.logrotate $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/logrotate.d/libvirtd.lxc
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) libvirtd.uml.logrotate $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/logrotate.d/libvirtd.uml
 
 if LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_RED_HAT
 install-init: libvirtd.init
diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.logrotate.in b/daemon/libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in
similarity index 53%
rename from daemon/libvirtd.logrotate.in
rename to daemon/libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in
index 0c51fd3df4..4e7d314c79 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.logrotate.in
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@localstatedir@/log/libvirt/qemu/*.log @localstatedir@/log/libvirt/uml/*.log @localstatedir@/log/libvirt/lxc/*.log {
+@localstatedir@/log/libvirt/lxc/*.log {
         weekly
         missingok
         rotate 4
diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in b/daemon/libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15cf019b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@localstatedir@/log/libvirt/qemu/*.log {
+        weekly
+        missingok
+        rotate 4
+        compress
+        delaycompress
+        copytruncate
+        minsize 100k
+}
diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.uml.logrotate.in b/daemon/libvirtd.uml.logrotate.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..135a37dd1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.uml.logrotate.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@localstatedir@/log/libvirt/uml/*.log {
+        weekly
+        missingok
+        rotate 4
+        compress
+        delaycompress
+        copytruncate
+        minsize 100k
+}
diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 2df4424d02..a54d546208 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -668,16 +668,20 @@ fi
 %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/libvirtd
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/libvirtd
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/log/libvirt/qemu/
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/log/libvirt/lxc/
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/log/libvirt/uml/
 
 %if %{with_qemu}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu.conf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.qemu
 %endif
 %if %{with_lxc}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/lxc.conf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.lxc
+%endif
+%if %{with_uml}
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.uml
 %endif
 
 %dir %{_datadir}/libvirt/