diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.logrotate.in b/daemon/libvirtd.logrotate.in
index 093651c051..0c51fd3df4 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.logrotate.in
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.logrotate.in
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
         compress
         delaycompress
         copytruncate
+        minsize 100k
 }