diff --git a/logcat/logcatd.rc b/logcat/logcatd.rc
index 07040b01d..25104eb63 100644
--- a/logcat/logcatd.rc
+++ b/logcat/logcatd.rc
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
 # Make sure any property changes are only performed with /data mounted, after
 # post-fs-data state because otherwise behavior is undefined. The exceptions
 # are device adjustments for logcatd service properties (persist.* overrides
-# notwithstanding) for logd.logpersistd.size and logd.logpersistd.buffer.
+# notwithstanding) for logd.logpersistd.size logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes and
+# logd.logpersistd.buffer.
 
 # persist to non-persistent trampolines to permit device properties can be
 # overridden when /data mounts, or during runtime.
+on property:persist.logd.logpersistd.count=*
+    # expect /init to report failure if property empty (default)
+    setprop persist.logd.logpersistd.size ${persist.logd.logpersistd.count}
+
 on property:persist.logd.logpersistd.size=256
     setprop persist.logd.logpersistd.size ""
     setprop logd.logpersistd.size ""
@@ -16,6 +21,14 @@ on property:persist.logd.logpersistd.size=*
     # expect /init to report failure if property empty (default)
     setprop logd.logpersistd.size ${persist.logd.logpersistd.size}
 
+on property:persist.logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes=1024
+    setprop persist.logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes ""
+    setprop logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes ""
+
+on property:persist.logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes=*
+   # expect /init to report failure if property empty (default)
+   setprop logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes ${persist.logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes}
+
 on property:persist.logd.logpersistd.buffer=all
     setprop persist.logd.logpersistd.buffer ""
     setprop logd.logpersistd.buffer ""
@@ -54,7 +67,7 @@ on property:logd.logpersistd.enable=false
     stop logcatd
 
 # logcatd service
-service logcatd /system/bin/logcatd -L -b ${logd.logpersistd.buffer:-all} -v threadtime -v usec -v printable -D -f /data/misc/logd/logcat -r 1024 -n ${logd.logpersistd.size:-256} --id=${ro.build.id}
+service logcatd /system/bin/logcatd -L -b ${logd.logpersistd.buffer:-all} -v threadtime -v usec -v printable -D -f /data/misc/logd/logcat -r ${logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes:-1024} -n ${logd.logpersistd.size:-256} --id=${ro.build.id}
     class late_start
     disabled
     # logd for write to /data/misc/logd, log group for read from log daemon
diff --git a/logd/README.property b/logd/README.property
index da5f96fb7..d2a2cbba4 100644
--- a/logd/README.property
+++ b/logd/README.property
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ logd.logpersistd          string persist Enable logpersist daemon, "logcatd"
 					 Responds to logcatd, clear and stop.
 logd.logpersistd.buffer          persist logpersistd buffers to collect
 logd.logpersistd.size            persist logpersistd size in MB
+logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes   	 persist logpersistd outout file size in KB.
 persist.logd.logpersistd   string        Enable logpersist daemon, "logcatd"
                                          turns on logcat -f in logd context.
 persist.logd.logpersistd.buffer    all   logpersistd buffers to collect
 persist.logd.logpersistd.size      256   logpersistd size in MB
+persist.logd.logpersistd.count     256   sets max number of rotated logs to <count>.
+persist.logd.logpersistd.rotate_kbytes   1024  logpersistd output file size in KB
 persist.logd.size          number  ro    Global default size of the buffer for
                                          all log ids at initial startup, at
                                          runtime use: logcat -b all -G <value>