diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index 72fda5043409a44209cac140b5744cf6e6953afa..600d7ad6e23ed7f39f2223b6d48761a995e39651 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ The xroot plugin
 %package -n cta-taped
 Summary: CERN Tape Archive: tape daemon
 Group: Application/CTA
-requires: cta-lib
-requires(pre): /usr/bin/getent, /usr/sbin/groupadd, /usr/sbin/useradd
+Requires: logrotate
+Requires: cta-lib
+Requires(pre): /usr/bin/getent, /usr/sbin/groupadd, /usr/sbin/useradd
 %description -n cta-taped
 CERN Tape Archive:
 The tape server daemon
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ The tape server daemon
 /usr/bin/getent passwd cta || /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/nologin -c "CTA system account" -g cta cta
 %files -n cta-taped
 %defattr(-,root,root)
+%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) /etc/logrotate.d/cta-taped
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cta-taped
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta.conf.example
 %attr(0644,root,bin) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-taped.1cta.gz
@@ -136,9 +138,10 @@ The tape server daemon
 %package -n cta-frontend
 Summary: CERN Tape Archive: Xrootd plugin
 Group: Application/CTA
-requires: cta-lib
-requires: xrootd-server
-requires(pre): /usr/bin/getent, /usr/sbin/groupadd, /usr/sbin/useradd
+Requires: logrotate
+Requires: cta-lib
+Requires: xrootd-server
+Requires(pre): /usr/bin/getent, /usr/sbin/groupadd, /usr/sbin/useradd
 %description -n cta-frontend
 CERN Tape Archive:
 The xroot plugin
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ The xroot plugin
 /usr/bin/getent passwd cta || /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/nologin -c "CTA system account" -g cta cta
 %files -n cta-frontend
 %defattr(-,root,root)
+%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) /etc/logrotate.d/cta-frontend
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libXrdCtaOfs.so
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) /etc/xrootd/xrootd-cta.cfg
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta-frontend.conf
diff --git a/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt b/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
index bb76dba89c86f6725434eabfa87316c25faad7c0..970453e15154c4e80a66c5b95d81f6fae09b2819 100644
--- a/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tapeserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ add_executable (cta-taped cta-taped.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(cta-taped
   ctatapedaemon ctacommon protobuf)
 install (TARGETS cta-taped DESTINATION usr/bin)
-install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta-taped.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
+install (FILES cta-taped.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
+install (FILES cta-taped.logrotate DESTINATION /etc/logrotate.d RENAME cta-taped)
 
 # CTA's cta-taped system tests.
 add_library(cta-tapedSystemTests SHARED
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 2532fcb735cffe6dcc31a453776fe196709d006a..386b5a3d35c79b07dbe77a53e1c1d8d03ce3bd4c 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ target_link_libraries (XrdCtaOfs ctacatalogue ctaeosmessages ctascheduler ctacom
 INSTALL (TARGETS XrdCtaOfs DESTINATION usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 INSTALL (FILES xrootd-cta.cfg DESTINATION /etc/xrootd/)
 INSTALL (FILES cta-frontend.conf DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/cta)
+install (FILES cta-frontend.logrotate DESTINATION /etc/logrotate.d RENAME cta-frontend)
 
 set (OPAQUE_QUERY_CMD_SRC_FILES
   CmdLineTool.cpp
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend.logrotate b/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..471d0ec35555f4ad04afdf9f79bb274223b180fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/var/log/cta/cta-frontend*.log {
+    compress
+    daily
+    missingok
+    rotate 500
+    delaycompress
+    postrotate
+        /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
+    endscript
+}