diff --git a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/tasks/rsyslog_client_post_install.yml b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/tasks/rsyslog_client_post_install.yml
index 1ddede583f..722861d7aa 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/tasks/rsyslog_client_post_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/tasks/rsyslog_client_post_install.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@
   tags:
     - rsyslog-client-config
 
+- name: Configure logrotate to compress logs by default
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/logrotate.conf
+    regexp: "^#compress"
+    line: "compress"
+    backrefs: yes
+  tags:
+    - rsyslog-client-config
+
 - name: Start rsyslog
   service:
     name: "rsyslog"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/tasks/rsyslog_server_post_install.yml b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/tasks/rsyslog_server_post_install.yml
index 1990c15fb3..42f2249497 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/tasks/rsyslog_server_post_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/tasks/rsyslog_server_post_install.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@
   tags:
     - rsyslog-config
 
+- name: Configure logrotate to compress logs by default
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/logrotate.conf
+    regexp: "^#compress"
+    line: "compress"
+    backrefs: yes
+  tags:
+    - rsyslog-config
+
 - name: Start rsyslog
   service:
     name: "rsyslog"