diff --git a/samba.log b/samba.logrotate
similarity index 50%
rename from samba.log
rename to samba.logrotate
index 6ccd04d..40f85aa 100644
--- a/samba.log
+++ b/samba.logrotate
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-/var/log/samba/* {
+/var/log/samba/log.* {
+    compress
+    dateext
+    maxage 365
+    rotate 99
     notifempty
     olddir /var/log/samba/old
     missingok
-    sharedscripts
     copytruncate
 }
diff --git a/samba.spec b/samba.spec
index 6944781..2ff92bf 100644
--- a/samba.spec
+++ b/samba.spec
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Source1:        https://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-%{version}%{pre_release}.t
 Source2:        gpgkey-52FBC0B86D954B0843324CDC6F33915B6568B7EA.gpg
 
 # Red Hat specific replacement-files
-Source10:       samba.log
+Source10:       samba.logrotate
 Source11:       smb.conf.vendor
 Source12:       smb.conf.example
 Source13:       pam_winbind.conf
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ Summary: Files used by both Samba servers and clients
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 Requires(post): systemd
+Recommends:     logrotate
 
 Provides: samba4-common = %{samba_depver}
 Obsoletes: samba4-common < %{samba_depver}