diff --git a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/defaults/main.yml
index 1b15e05d9c..ef706cb53c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_client/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 rsyslog_client_apt_packages:
   - rsyslog
+  - logrotate
 
 rsyslog_client_spool_directory: /var/spool/rsyslog
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/defaults/main.yml
index 3310e44b41..3b2f5dae0b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/rsyslog_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 rsyslog_server_apt_packages:
   - rsyslog
+  - logrotate
 
 rsyslog_server_spool_directory: /var/spool/rsyslog
 rsyslog_server_storage_directory: /var/log/rsyslog