diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.conf b/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
index 72da7f0705..bc41edbc6b 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@
 #admin_max_clients = 5
 
 # Maximum file size before rolling over. Defaults to 2 MB
+#
+# Beware that a logrotate config file might be installed too,
+# to handle cases where virtlogd is disabled. To ensure that
+# the logrotate config is a no-op when virtlogd is running,
+# make sure that max_size here is smaller than size listed
+# in the logrotate config.
 #max_size = 2097152
 
 # Maximum number of backup files to keep. Defaults to 3,
diff --git a/src/remote/libvirtd.libxl.logrotate.in b/src/remote/libvirtd.libxl.logrotate.in
index cb7f07d846..1461c1efa1 100644
--- a/src/remote/libvirtd.libxl.logrotate.in
+++ b/src/remote/libvirtd.libxl.logrotate.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @localstatedir@/log/libvirt/libxl/*.log {
-        weekly
+        size 2097153
         missingok
         rotate 4
         compress
diff --git a/src/remote/libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in b/src/remote/libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in
index 2bb9dfba12..b88dabb58e 100644
--- a/src/remote/libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in
+++ b/src/remote/libvirtd.lxc.logrotate.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @localstatedir@/log/libvirt/lxc/*.log {
-        weekly
+        size 2097153
         missingok
         rotate 4
         compress
diff --git a/src/remote/libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in b/src/remote/libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in
index cdb399ef23..78f2ca875e 100644
--- a/src/remote/libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in
+++ b/src/remote/libvirtd.qemu.logrotate.in
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 @localstatedir@/log/libvirt/qemu/*.log {
-        weekly
+        # The QEMU driver is configured to use virtlogd by
+        # default, which will perform log rollover.
+        # This logrotate config is still installed for cases
+        # where the user has switched off virtlogd.
+        #
+        # If virtlogd is active, ensure that size here is
+        # larger than 'max_size' in the virtlogd config
+        # so that logrotate becomes a no-op
+        size 2097153
         missingok
         rotate 4
         compress