diff --git a/roles/ldap_server/files/slapd_logrotate b/roles/ldap_server/files/slapd_logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5584beda458f0f2a84b7391454c75e4664744312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ldap_server/files/slapd_logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/var/log/slapd.log
+{
+	rotate 4
+	weekly
+	missingok
+	notifempty
+	compress
+	delaycompress
+	sharedscripts
+	postrotate
+	invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+	endscript
+}
diff --git a/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
index 110306a9a37502fce2ee3dd8b979d3c8b9c608b1..61bb7e8e2aa6b0f4af7429e56345d1abeffa0eec 100644
--- a/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
   notify:
     - Restart rsyslog
 
+- name: Deploy configuration file for log rotation of slapd logs
+  copy: src=slapd_logrotate dest=/etc/logrotate.d/slapd owner=root group=root mode=0644
+
 - name: Install Python LDAP bindings
   apt: name=python-ldap state=installed