diff --git a/debian/logrotate b/debian/logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bc07ca59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/var/log/yunohost/*.log {
+        weekly
+        rotate 4
+        delaycompress
+        compress
+        notifempty
+        missingok
+        postrotate
+                invoke-rc.d yunohost-api rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
+        endscript
+}
diff --git a/debian/yunohost-api.init b/debian/yunohost-api.init
index 0a27554d2..bd9f3a015 100755
--- a/debian/yunohost-api.init
+++ b/debian/yunohost-api.init
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ do_reload() {
     return 0
 }
 
+#
+# Function called when rotating logs
+#
+do_rotate() {
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --signal USR1 --quiet --pidfile $PID --name $NAME
+    return 0
+}
+
 case "$1" in
   start)
       [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
@@ -118,6 +126,11 @@ case "$1" in
             ;;
       esac
       ;;
+  rotate)
+      log_daemon_msg "Re-opening $DESC log files" "$NAME"
+      do_rotate
+      log_end_msg $?
+      ;;
   *)
       echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|reload}" >&2
       exit 3