diff --git a/files/image_config/logrotate/logrotate.d/btmp b/files/image_config/logrotate/logrotate.d/btmp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3554d3e6773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/image_config/logrotate/logrotate.d/btmp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# no packages own btmp -- we'll rotate it here
+/var/log/btmp {
+    missingok
+    size 100k
+    create 0660 root utmp
+    rotate 1
+}
diff --git a/files/image_config/logrotate/logrotate.d/wtmp b/files/image_config/logrotate/logrotate.d/wtmp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8eb2663e6b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/image_config/logrotate/logrotate.d/wtmp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate it here
+/var/log/wtmp {
+    missingok
+    size 100k
+    create 0664 root utmp
+    rotate 1
+}