diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.conf b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.conf
index d25e023858..3f123ecf45 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.conf
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.conf
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-#
-# Default logrotate(8) configuration file for Gentoo Linux.
-# See "man logrotate" for details.
-
-# rotate log files weekly.
-weekly
-#daily
-
-# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs.
-rotate 4
+# keep only the most recent old log.
+rotate 1
 
 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones.
 create
@@ -18,25 +10,20 @@ dateext
 # compress rotated log files.
 compress
 
+missingok
 notifempty
 nomail
 noolddir
 
-# packages can drop log rotation information into this directory.
+# accept user provided configuration files in /etc.
 include /etc/logrotate.d
 
-# no packages own wtmp and btmp -- we'll rotate them here.
+# must match creation rules in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf
 /var/log/wtmp {
-    monthly
     create 0664 root utmp
-    minsize 1M
-    rotate 1
+    size 1M
 }
 /var/log/btmp {
-    missingok
-    monthly
     create 0600 root utmp
-    rotate 1
+    size 1M
 }
-
-# system-specific logs may also be configured here.
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bea4790950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.service
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Rotate and Compress System Logs
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/logrotate /usr/share/logrotate/logrotate.conf
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.tmpfiles b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.tmpfiles
index dfb4ab66c1..e0c2f7c293 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.tmpfiles
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/files/logrotate.tmpfiles
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 d /var/lib/misc
+d /etc/logrotate.d    -   -   -   -   -
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.18.1-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.18.1-r1.ebuild
index 2d5867e5be..2eaed6ffe8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.18.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.18.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ src_install() {
 	use cron && install_cron_file
 
 	systemd_dounit examples/logrotate.{service,timer}
+	systemd_enable_service multi-user.target logrotate.timer
 	newtmpfiles "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.tmpfiles ${PN}.conf
 
 	keepdir /etc/logrotate.d