diff --git a/resources/install b/resources/install
index 42c37e98..382e9ebb 100755
--- a/resources/install
+++ b/resources/install
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
 # create the /var/run/sshd directory (required for sshd to start)
 mkdir -p /var/run/sshd
 
+# setup log rotation for supervisord
+cat > /etc/logrotate.d/supervisord <<EOF
+/var/log/supervisor/*.log {
+    weekly
+    missingok
+    rotate 52
+    compress
+    delaycompress
+    notifempty
+    copytruncate
+}
+EOF
+
 # configure supervisord to start nginx
 sed 's/YOUR_SERVER_FQDN/localhost/' -i /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab
 echo "daemon off;" >> /etc/nginx/nginx.conf