diff --git a/roles/common/files/rsyslog b/roles/common/files/rsyslog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cc2aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/files/rsyslog
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/var/log/syslog
+{
+	rotate 7
+	daily
+	missingok
+	notifempty
+	delaycompress
+	compress
+	postrotate
+		/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/mail.info
+/var/log/mail.warn
+/var/log/mail.err
+/var/log/mail.log
+/var/log/daemon.log
+/var/log/kern.log
+/var/log/auth.log
+/var/log/user.log
+/var/log/lpr.log
+/var/log/cron.log
+/var/log/debug
+/var/log/messages
+{
+	rotate 7
+	daily
+	missingok
+	notifempty
+	compress
+	delaycompress
+	sharedscripts
+	postrotate
+		/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate
+	endscript
+}
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml b/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml
index c82c6c0..3c2a409 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@
     regexp: "^#?MaxRetentionSec=.*"
     line: "MaxRetentionSec=7day"
   notify: Restart journald
+
+- name: Configure log retention
+  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/logrotate.d/{{ item }}
+  with_items:
+  - rsyslog